Beeb nails it. Not.

[NoddyonNitrous]

[glazbagun]

Some good hedging of bets there.

[rubystone]

I'm not surprised at all. Woeful journalism there. No names, no pack drill.

[Mr Tidy]

The BBC really aren't interested in F1 - they had the franchise deal but abandoned it, which is probably why whoever is stuck with writing their F1 news isn't really bothered either!

After all F1 doesn't sit well with a bunch of tree-hugging Guardian-reading luvvies who get fat-cat salaries that I have to help fund! (Can you tell I'm not a fan).

[rsbmw]

Not sure I see the problem

1 - Some guy says some other guy might get punished
follow up - guy doesn't get punished
2 - gossip: guy signs deal on job
follow up - guy denies signing deal on job.

It's not like they reported either initial story as a fact.

[thegreenhell]

Their 'Gossip' is just a round up of headlines from other news outlets and websites, not stories generated themselves.

[Derek Smith]

Mr Tidy said:

The BBC really aren't interested in F1 - they had the franchise deal but abandoned it, which is probably why whoever is stuck with writing their F1 news isn't really bothered either!

After all F1 doesn't sit well with a bunch of tree-hugging Guardian-reading luvvies who get fat-cat salaries that I have to help fund! (Can you tell I'm not a fan).

'The BBC' has no feelings. It has no interest or otherwise. It is a television channel.

However, those working in the BBC felt that F1 was one of the prime bit of TV coverage they produced. Enter the government and they were told to cut costs and so something had to go. It was Wimbledon or F1 as Ecclestone would not cut the charge. Ch4 did not want to abandon F1 but money speaks, at least short term. The lack of free to air coverage will mean a massive reduction in the fan base in the UK. Losing F1 was a decision by the imposed head of the BBC and the government's desire to reduce the appeal of F1 because Murdoch wanted F1.