Why is the BBC's coverage of the Pakistan crisis so poor?
The Skimmer 6:27pm
Anyone listening to BBC Radio for the latest on Pakistan would have found only Five Live running with it. When I switched on, they had a chap with a South Asian accent – who I assumed would be a Pakistani politician, or expert of some kind. Turned out he was just a random bloke who owns a restaurant in Southall, with no more clue what was happening than anyone else. The internet killed off foreign correspondents for Fleet Street titles when it became clear that their main job – reading the day’s press – can now be done from London. So that explains the lack of in-depth coverage from the UK media so far. But the BBC, with its vast world empire, has no excuse.
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Arthur Hooper
December 27th, 2007 11:28pmQuite. The Guardian was running on the story well before the over-subsidised BBC
a very public sociologist
December 28th, 2007 11:35amOh yes, always good to use a tragedy for Pakistan to make a few cheap shots. For your info, News 24 yesterday was wall to wall coverage with their Pakistan correspondent, interviews with Pakistani politicians and more.
Nylon Meals
December 28th, 2007 5:10pmI was listening to Pakistani coverage all afternoon on the BBC World Service, seemed pretty good to me.