While we're in the mood...
 

....to knock the BBC, I'm getting increasingly annoyed at the way the
'News' is used to promote their own programmes.

Yesterday at 5pm I was watching the BBC News Channel as they covered
the most important events of the day. And these we
1. Mandela's funeral.
2. Hospital consultants to be on duty 7 days
3. Rehearsals for SPOTY. Not the results, or even an excerpt from the
programme itself which of course was still a few hours away, but the
rehearsals - so we could be told at length how great the programme
(with its pre-ordained winner) was going to be.
This apparently was more significant than anything else happening in
the world. Other events, such as the bombs going off in Iraq, were
relegated to headlines in the tickertape at the foot of the screen.

Dear Auntie - promotions for your 'celeb' programmes are NOT news!

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On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:01:45 +0000, lid wrote:

Yesterday at 5pm I was watching the BBC News Channel as they covered
the most important events of the day. And these we
1. Mandela's funeral.
2. Hospital consultants to be on duty 7 days
3. Rehearsals for SPOTY.
...

The headlines for the 22:00 BBC1 news yesterday were, in order:-

1. Mandela
2. Peter O'Toole
3. Andy Murray
4. Hospital consultants.

I switched off in disgust and went to bed.

--
Alan White
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By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

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On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:01:45 +0000
lid wrote:

...to knock the BBC, I'm getting increasingly annoyed at the way the
'News' is used to promote their own programmes.

Yesterday at 5pm I was watching the BBC News Channel as they covered
the most important events of the day. And these we
1. Mandela's funeral.
2. Hospital consultants to be on duty 7 days
3. Rehearsals for SPOTY. Not the results, or even an excerpt from the
programme itself which of course was still a few hours away, but the
rehearsals - so we could be told at length how great the programme
(with its pre-ordained winner) was going to be.
This apparently was more significant than anything else happening in
the world. Other events, such as the bombs going off in Iraq, were
relegated to headlines in the tickertape at the foot of the screen.

Dear Auntie - promotions for your 'celeb' programmes are NOT news!

The SPOTY programme was supposed to be live, as we could all vote, for
a surprisingly short period of time. The results were dependent on our votes, I believe.
So how did the main trophy get to wherever Andy Murray was so fast?
Teleportation?

Just wondering........

--
Davey.

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On 16/12/2013 12:13, Alan White wrote:
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:01:45 +0000, lid wrote:

Yesterday at 5pm I was watching the BBC News Channel as they covered
the most important events of the day. And these we
1. Mandela's funeral.

The headlines for the 22:00 BBC1 news yesterday were, in order:-

1. Mandela

At last he is finally in the ground so we can move on to the next.
When Brenda pops her clogs I think I'm going to have to go somewhere
very remote.
--
Phil Cook

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On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:21:08 +0000, Davey wrote:

The SPOTY programme was supposed to be live, as we could all vote, for
a surprisingly short period of time. The results were dependent on our votes, I believe.
So how did the main trophy get to wherever Andy Murray was so fast?
Teleportation?

Just wondering........

It wasn't the real one.

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In article ,
Alan wrote:
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:01:45 +0000, lid wrote:

Yesterday at 5pm I was watching the BBC News Channel as they covered
the most important events of the day. And these we
1. Mandela's funeral.
2. Hospital consultants to be on duty 7 days
3. Rehearsals for SPOTY.
...

The headlines for the 22:00 BBC1 news yesterday were, in order:-

1. Mandela
2. Peter O'Toole
3. Andy Murray
4. Hospital consultants.

I switched off in disgust and went to bed.

The midnight R4 news lead with the death of POT. Was that really the most
important event of the day?

--
*Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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Phil Cook wrote:

At last he is finally in the ground so we can move on to the next. When
Brenda pops her clogs I think I'm going to have to go somewhere very
remote.

Counting your chickens there, I think.

Bill

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:21:08 +0000, Davey wrote:

On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:01:45 +0000
wrote:

...to knock the BBC, I'm getting increasingly annoyed at the way the
'News' is used to promote their own programmes.

Yesterday at 5pm I was watching the BBC News Channel as they covered
the most important events of the day. And these we
1. Mandela's funeral.
2. Hospital consultants to be on duty 7 days
3. Rehearsals for SPOTY. Not the results, or even an excerpt from the
programme itself which of course was still a few hours away, but the
rehearsals - so we could be told at length how great the programme
(with its pre-ordained winner) was going to be.
This apparently was more significant than anything else happening in
the world. Other events, such as the bombs going off in Iraq, were
relegated to headlines in the tickertape at the foot of the screen.

Dear Auntie - promotions for your 'celeb' programmes are NOT news!

The SPOTY programme was supposed to be live, as we could all vote, for
a surprisingly short period of time. The results were dependent on our
votes, I believe.
So how did the main trophy get to wherever Andy Murray was so fast?
Teleportation?

Just wondering........

Laser printer?
--

Martin in Zuid Holland



--
JohnT

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:21:08 +0000, Davey wrote:


The SPOTY programme was supposed to be live, as we could all vote, for
a surprisingly short period of time. The results were dependent on our
votes, I believe.
So how did the main trophy get to wherever Andy Murray was so fast?
Teleportation?

Just wondering........

Laser printer?

Doctor Who delivered it.
--
JohnT

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On 16/12/2013 14:56, Bill Wright wrote:
Phil Cook wrote:

At last he is finally in the ground so we can move on to the next. When
Brenda pops her clogs I think I'm going to have to go somewhere very
remote.

Counting your chickens there, I think.

I think I may manage to outlive her, but you're right it is entirely
possible I may get to miss the blanket coverage by going first.
--
Phil Cook