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How long does news take to break?
I ask this because fairly recently whilst watching television, BBC Breakfast News came on as usual at 6am with the North Korean Nuclear test as the main headline and a big caption.
"Breaking News" was displayed on a prominent red background so you couldnt miss it. Must be happening right now then I guess? Then, nearly two hours later, exactly the same headline was still displayed with the "Breaking News" caption.
Totally and utterly unnecessary and yet another example of how the media and the BBC in particular loves to sensationalise serious events. One only has to listen to the report of any major disaster. The more deaths the greater the relish with which they report it. You can almost hear it their voices. Also this so called News is not really news at all I think and if you bear in mind that the dictionary definition of news is - "Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television."
Instead of what HAS happened or RECENT events, we get endless speculation, conjecture and above all, waffle about what might happen or could happen if somebody eats lentils for supper! This is all usually brought to you by some 'expert', paid loads of taxpayers' money to tell you something that you already knew.
On the subject of our dear friends at Auntie Beeb, I tuned to the Denmark v Northern Ireland the other night. The BBC decided to broadcast this on BBC3 as well as BBC2 Northern Ireland. Get this the same broadcaster on the same match, yet TWO different teams of commentators and analysts. Could they not save us precious licence money and just broadcast the BBC2 NI coverage on BBC3 instead?
I tuned in to BBC2 NI as the picture was in widescreen unlike BBC3. I found it wonderfully refreshing to hear the Northern Irish commentators referring to the Northern Ireland team as "We" and "Us". In this ridiculous modern climate of political correctness, just imagine the outcry if Messrs Motson and Lineker and co referred to England as "we", given the bellyaching by the PC brigade about flying the cross of St George. Good luck to the BBC2 NI boys, perhaps one day this PC nonsense will blow over. Mind you as a Crystal Palace fan I said they would win the European cup!
By: Mark
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It's the same as sports programmes that endlessly rehash a football game. It's a cheap way to fill the time; no interviews, no research and no thought, just burble.
Elections are the worst, with an endless supply of talking heads telling us what could happen or what what might have been said behind closed doors or what someone might be about to say or think or do next!
What I hate is when I am trying to get a weather forecast for the next day and they spend five minutes telling us what the weather was like today. I think "Yes, I know, I was there".
Then they tell you it's raining now. I look out of the window - "Yup, you are right there."
I don't want a beforecast or a nowcast, I want a forecast!
Today is a good example; the news on the radio is all about what Ed Milliband will be saying to the Labour Party conference today. As they've already told us what he'll say I can't help but wonder if there's any point in him saying it now!
Why can't they just wait until whoever it is says what they are going to say & tell us when they've said it?
!!BREAKING NEWS! ALL DOMESTIC FLIGHTS CANCELLED!!!
.....well actually, that was just after a guy from BMI-Baby patiently explained that all of their domestic flights were unaffected. John Humphries didn't care less......and don't even get me started about the supposed "ROAD AND RAIL CHAOS" (I was listening to all this, happily driving to work, on clear (albeit slightly foggy) roads!)
-SD
I did not say at any point that it was not news. My point is that surely the same news story isn 't still, "Breaking" after two hours.
As for your, "Tree hugging hippie" assertion, the BBC has far too many people of that and other PC persuasions for me to go down that route.
Use Google News for real "breaking" stories.
If news is not news then what is it?
please claify your argument or you risk not being taken seriously!
Are you some kind of tree hugging hippie?
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