Another BBC jamboree..bless
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Scuffers said:
FourWheelDrift said:
The debris found has been taken to France to be identified if it is actually from MH370, that is where the story is.
so how is sending somebody to report from the island after the event necessary?Like spring watch, but for inanimate objects of dubious origin.
Otispunkmeyer said:
Scuffers said:
FourWheelDrift said:
The debris found has been taken to France to be identified if it is actually from MH370, that is where the story is.
so how is sending somebody to report from the island after the event necessary?Like spring watch, but for inanimate objects of dubious origin.
FourWheelDrift said:
unrepentant said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Yes, but what is the point of sending a team there? To look at a beach, in the sun, next to a holiday villa and cocktail bar.............oh.
They could alternatively use the available film and pictures and talk about it in the studio, they do not need a team to go all the way to Reunion Island so they can stand on the beach pointing to a piece of washed up plastic and saying "this could be from the Malaysian jet".
FFS, of course they should send a team to cover what is a major news story. What they don't need to do is send a team for BBC TV News, a team for Radio News, a team from BBC Online and a team for Newsbeat. But that's not what's happened presumably?They could alternatively use the available film and pictures and talk about it in the studio, they do not need a team to go all the way to Reunion Island so they can stand on the beach pointing to a piece of washed up plastic and saying "this could be from the Malaysian jet".
I'm no fan of the BBC or the ludicrously regressive way it's funded but it's ridiculous to say that they shouldn't cover major world events. I should add that as an ex pat Brit who doesn't pay a single cent towards the cost of it and who relies on it for an un jaundiced view of world events I think it offers me great value.
Eric Mc said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Scuffers said:
FourWheelDrift said:
The debris found has been taken to France to be identified if it is actually from MH370, that is where the story is.
so how is sending somebody to report from the island after the event necessary?Like spring watch, but for inanimate objects of dubious origin.
I like your thinking.....
GnuBee said:
1) Of course they <should|should not> they're after all a very <right|left> wing organisation with a <clear|unclear> political bias
2) Of course they should but only if paid for by people who wanted them to go their and were asked first - using the license fee is a clear infringement of my human rights, my right to choose, my right to err... post on fora?
3) Of course they should because this will allow them to continue as the central hub of the global warming conspiracy as they cloak their attempts to fulfill their own prophecy of a man made mass extinction event under the guise of reporting
4) Of course they should but only if they ensure there's a deaf, dumb, black lesbian paraplegic used as the main anchor specifically to anger the PH massive
5) This just another example of the self-aggrandising, left wing, lefty, bloated, mandatory taxation, over managed, over inclusive, under inclusive, too youth oriented, too middle class oriented BBC and I'm oot - at least with Sky I know it's unbiased... oh wait
Tremendous postage, I applaud you. I rarely wonder into this section of PH these days, but just occasionally you trip over a gem in between all the usual bile and tripe, well done mate.2) Of course they should but only if paid for by people who wanted them to go their and were asked first - using the license fee is a clear infringement of my human rights, my right to choose, my right to err... post on fora?
3) Of course they should because this will allow them to continue as the central hub of the global warming conspiracy as they cloak their attempts to fulfill their own prophecy of a man made mass extinction event under the guise of reporting
4) Of course they should but only if they ensure there's a deaf, dumb, black lesbian paraplegic used as the main anchor specifically to anger the PH massive
5) This just another example of the self-aggrandising, left wing, lefty, bloated, mandatory taxation, over managed, over inclusive, under inclusive, too youth oriented, too middle class oriented BBC and I'm oot - at least with Sky I know it's unbiased... oh wait
As I understand it (and I've not been following it too closely) the bit of aeroplane is probably but not confirmed as being from MH370 and has been sent to France. The other stuff as I understand it is not from MH370.
"Here we are on the beach where the the bit of plane was found, but it's now in France about 200 miles from BBC HQ, and the other crap on the beach is.........well, just crap".
"Here we are on the beach where the the bit of plane was found, but it's now in France about 200 miles from BBC HQ, and the other crap on the beach is.........well, just crap".
TorqueVR said:
As I understand it (and I've not been following it too closely) the bit of aeroplane is probably but not confirmed as being from MH370 and has been sent to France. The other stuff as I understand it is not from MH370.
"Here we are on the beach where the the bit of plane was found, but it's now in France about 200 miles from BBC HQ, and the other crap on the beach is.........well, just crap".
Quite. "Here we are on the beach where the the bit of plane was found, but it's now in France about 200 miles from BBC HQ, and the other crap on the beach is.........well, just crap".
Eric Mc said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Scuffers said:
FourWheelDrift said:
The debris found has been taken to France to be identified if it is actually from MH370, that is where the story is.
so how is sending somebody to report from the island after the event necessary?Like spring watch, but for inanimate objects of dubious origin.
In every single news bulletin they (BBC and others) send reporters to stand and do a piece to camera from a location vaguely connected with the story they're running. I have to laugh when the poor sod is standing in peeing rain and freezing cold outside (say) the foreign office talking about a subject involving said department when all the windows are dark and the staff are at home supping cocoa in the warm. What the hell is the point?
motco said:
In every single news bulletin they (BBC and others) send reporters to stand and do a piece to camera from a location vaguely connected with the story they're running. I have to laugh when the poor sod is standing in peeing rain and freezing cold outside (say) the foreign office talking about a subject involving said department when all the windows are dark and the staff are at home supping cocoa in the warm. What the hell is the point?
There's that famous piece to camera by ITN reporter Colin Black where he signs off a report by saying "Colin Black, News at Ten, wet, damp and cold - and thoroughly pissed off".Eric Mc said:
motco said:
In every single news bulletin they (BBC and others) send reporters to stand and do a piece to camera from a location vaguely connected with the story they're running. I have to laugh when the poor sod is standing in peeing rain and freezing cold outside (say) the foreign office talking about a subject involving said department when all the windows are dark and the staff are at home supping cocoa in the warm. What the hell is the point?
There's that famous piece to camera by ITN reporter Colin Black where he signs off a report by saying "Colin Black, News at Ten, wet, damp and cold - and thoroughly pissed off".[off to youtube]
Starts at 1m 50s Youtube
Edited by motco on Wednesday 5th August 08:59
Eric Mc said:
If it is the door of an aeroplane. I'd still like to know what plane it came off. Doors falling off aeroplanes usually mean something a bit worse than just a door falling off.
There was a chap (Expert ?) on one of the TV channels yesterday saying it was definitely off a 777.He said there had been 5( i think that was the number he said) crashes of 777's and they knew where the other 4 were, so if this door was off a 777, then it must be this one.
Eric Mc said:
If it is the door of an aeroplane. I'd still like to know what plane it came off. Doors falling off aeroplanes usually mean something a bit worse than just a door falling off.
Possibly. But large amounts of parts are also shipped by sea. Containers are lost daily overboard. A plane door in the sea does not automatically mean it came from a plane in flight, but that was also my first thought.Digga said:
Cheese Mechanic said:
I think the likely point is that the BBC have deployed more people than it took to invade Poland. I assume?
I don't like the BBC much, but it's unfair to pin that one on them. I think it was ITN.Otispunkmeyer said:
They'll have Oddie and Humble hiding in the palms with night vision cameras trained on the beach for those elusive shots of stray suitcases and airplane bits washing up on the shore in the night.
Now that really would be worthwhile; they'd be sure to catch some footage of the lizards leaving the so-called "crash debris" lying around.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff