How petty can the BBC get?
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Adrian W said:
A one liner at the end of the main news behind women's cricket
What are you criticising? The fact that they gave out sports news in the sports section of the news of that they didn't hype it? I would assume they feel there's no reason to push another company's products.swisstoni said:
IIRC The flipping 2012 Olympics (you remember, the one on our doorstep) hardly happened at all in Sky land. So I wouldn't get all wound up about a very brief sports headlines on the Beeb.
I think the point the OP was making is now that the BBC no longer cover F1 they don't feel the need to report it's existence anymore or so it would seem. No doubt a big crash will have them saying how safe the cars are now. Their coverage of rugby union is fairly scant compared to their coverage of league unless 6N is on which they do partially cover.Maybe their level of reportage is a reflection of how much F1 is slipping off the radar as a popular sport.
That seems to be Bernie's ambition anyway. So perhaps it's nice that the BBC are assisting him in his ambitions to ensure only a small number of people get to follow what is happening in F1
That seems to be Bernie's ambition anyway. So perhaps it's nice that the BBC are assisting him in his ambitions to ensure only a small number of people get to follow what is happening in F1
BBC coverage of the F1 has definitely tipped towards the comical of late. They were always 'selective' of the photos to use, but recently the headlines have genuinely made me laugh.
Max being compared to Kevin the Teenager? Who knew anyone at the BBC had a sense of humour?!
(aside from when David Coulthard was employed by them)
Max being compared to Kevin the Teenager? Who knew anyone at the BBC had a sense of humour?!
(aside from when David Coulthard was employed by them)
swisstoni said:
IIRC The flipping 2012 Olympics (you remember, the one on our doorstep) hardly happened at all in Sky land. So I wouldn't get all wound up about a very brief sports headlines on the Beeb.
Thats apart from the forty-f
king-eight channels of coverage they distributed on their platform? How many were you hoping for?F1's always been a filthy toff sport many of the comrades at the beeb would happily see vanquished.
Yep - that's why it was the BBC who decided to cover the season in full from 1978 and it was the BBC who grew the popularity of the sport in the UK. Yes, the BBC has always detested F1 and only grudgingly showed it for almost 30 seasons.
The sport would have been MUCH more popular by the mid 1990s if only ITV had decided to invest time and effort into it two decades earlier.
The sport would have been MUCH more popular by the mid 1990s if only ITV had decided to invest time and effort into it two decades earlier.
Eric Mc said:
Yep - that's why it was the BBC who decided to cover the season in full from 1978 and it was the BBC who grew the popularity of the sport in the UK. Yes, the BBC has always detested F1 and only grudgingly showed it for almost 30 seasons.
The sport would have been MUCH more popular by the mid 1990s if only ITV had decided to invest time and effort into it two decades earlier.
The sport would have been MUCH more popular by the mid 1990s if only ITV had decided to invest time and effort into it two decades earlier.
hairyben said:
swisstoni said:
IIRC The flipping 2012 Olympics (you remember, the one on our doorstep) hardly happened at all in Sky land. So I wouldn't get all wound up about a very brief sports headlines on the Beeb.
Thats apart from the forty-fking-eight channels of coverage they distributed on their platform? How many were you hoping for?F1's always been a filthy toff sport many of the comrades at the beeb would happily see vanquished.
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