While we're in the mood...

On 2013-12-16, Phil Cook wrote:
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.

Every cloud...

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David Taylor

I don't even get any indication of the ticketrtape being blind and it would
be hard to actually hear a spoken version over the sound in any case.
I do agree that bbc seems to have no policy on what is important these
days, its seemingly arbitary and decided at the time with a pin....


Brian

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From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active
wrote in message
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...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!

Yes though i hate to admit it, Sky News seems to be more suitable if you
really want news.
Brian

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"Alan White" wrote in message
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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.

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Alan White
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