BBC news get your priorities right !
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keslake said:
Biggest tidal surge since Noah built his boat and all we are getting is the demise of a pensioner.
Sorry if this offends people but FFS tell us what is happening in OUR country.
It's not offensive, don't worry. If you think that your TV news has been ruined by this, just wait until that German pensioner pops her clogs.Sorry if this offends people but FFS tell us what is happening in OUR country.
EskimoArapaho said:
It's not offensive, don't worry. If you think that your TV news has been ruined by this, just wait until that German pensioner pops her clogs.
I genuinely don't get this. QE2 was born in the UK, to parents who were both born in the UK. By all standards (except perhaps eligibility for football selection although she'd probably make the English team before the German one), she's British.
Even the sports bulletin on R4 has no news.
I thought journalists are tasked with reporting the news, not creating it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online/
I thought journalists are tasked with reporting the news, not creating it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online/
Edited by Smiler. on Friday 6th December 08:36
powerstroke said:
funkyrobot said:
During my twenty five minute commute to work this morning they mentioned Mandella's death about ten times. There wasn't a single mention of the flooding!
Another weather event will be along soon for a light news day!!!Humph (in discussion with an interviewee) just said of the effect of the weather on some oil rigs in the North Sea , "nobody died though, right?"
Well I chuckled
One of the things that (where's that thread?) irrationally pisses me off is the way in which the local BBC news teams jump on the back of anything national in order to make a story for themselves. An examples (which I'm probably making up, but it's this sort of thing) would be "Gunman Raul Moat has killed himself in Northumberland. Moat once took a trip on a cross channel ferry, and in fact drove through Kent, which is in our broadcasting region, to get to the port"
And last night, right on cue, having waited patiently through the 10 o'clock news being diverted for well over an an hour, we go to BBC South East, where we get a piece on the Storm Surge risk followed by another tribute to NM because "people in Sussex worked tirelessly to campaign for his release whilst he spent 27 years in prison"
I'm not in any way belittling the significance of NM's death, but it's national news, represented by the national broadcaster, and the local hacks need to get a grip on their sense of self-importance and recognise where they fit in to the grand scheme of things - not to mention having appropriate levels of self respect.
I have seen several Mandela clips/articles repeated multiple times already, in the space of about 1.5 hours in front of the TV last night and <30 minutes today.
And last night, right on cue, having waited patiently through the 10 o'clock news being diverted for well over an an hour, we go to BBC South East, where we get a piece on the Storm Surge risk followed by another tribute to NM because "people in Sussex worked tirelessly to campaign for his release whilst he spent 27 years in prison"
I'm not in any way belittling the significance of NM's death, but it's national news, represented by the national broadcaster, and the local hacks need to get a grip on their sense of self-importance and recognise where they fit in to the grand scheme of things - not to mention having appropriate levels of self respect.
I have seen several Mandela clips/articles repeated multiple times already, in the space of about 1.5 hours in front of the TV last night and <30 minutes today.
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