[kovidgoyal]

You need to override get_browser() in the recipe, like this:

    def get_browser(self, *args, **kwargs):
        browser = BasicNewsrecipe.get_browser(self, *args, **kwargs)
        browser.set_debug_http(True)
        browser.set_debug_responses(True)
        browser.set_debug_redirects(True)
        return browser