Nothing worth bothering the DIY programmes with
How about this for priorities? I'm in Brussels. Every main continental TV channel I can see on the TV here has suspended normal programmes for coverage of the Haymarket bomb. There are only two national channels which have stuck with the usual daytime drivel: BBC1 and BBC2.
How about this for priorities? I'm in Brussels. Every main continental TV channel I can see on the TV here has suspended normal programmes for coverage of the Haymarket bomb. There are only two national channels which have stuck with the usual daytime drivel: BBC1 and BBC2.
So much for the UK taking the war on terror more seriously than the rest of Europe. Sent via BlackBerry
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Ross
June 29th, 2007 1:38pmThe BBC have got it right, the blanket coverage of terrorist atrocities only serves the purposes of the terrorists who want to spread fear and intimidate us all.
Anthony C
June 29th, 2007 6:00pmI've got to disagree with you here, Stephen. Rolling news coverage of stuff like this tends to generate more heat than light. Generally there are far too few facts readily available to fill the time allotted and the empty space is filled with guff and idle speculation that later turns out to be inaccurate (often after some of it has ingrained itself in the public perception of the event). We're at the end of the day now and there's still little enough red meat that the 24 hour channels are padding with fluff. As for the idea that this somehow speaks volumes regarding relative commitments to the war on terror, I don't see it.
Matthew
June 29th, 2007 9:51pmThe BBC has a 24hr news channel.