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Megalomania at the BBC

mood: Disgusted, Dorset
music: Beach Boys
For a long time now I've been irritated by news bulletins which begin, 'The BBC has learned...', as if the same story were not all over the papers. This morning I have heard already:
'The BBC has learned...'
'Figures obtained by the BBC suggest...'
and the final straw, on the 9 a.m. bulletin 'BBC weather forecasters report that there were strong winds in the Highlands last night.'
a) This is news?
b) No one else noticed?
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Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 at 09:38 am | | Leave a comment | 9 comments |

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land_girl

Yes, all those things.

My pet hate is "Washington has tonight denied ...." and that sort of thing. In my mind a capital city cannot admit or deny anything!
Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 09:10 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

True! And telling us the 'news' in advance, as in,'The Prime Minister will say in a speech today...'. That's just acting as Downing Street's press office. AND taking any old bonkers article from the Lancet or Nature as if it were gospel and we're all going to DIE because our thighs are the wrong size or something.
Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 09:45 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

land_girl

I'm also fed up with hearing what Prince Charles has to say about everything. Why is his opinion any more valid than those of the people who drive our dustcarts?!
Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 09:51 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

rosathome

I'm pretty sure that we're all going to die, whatever size our thighs are.
Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 11:21 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

True. That was a genuine 'news' report, BTW.
Nice icon!
Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 01:57 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

rosathome

I blame John Simpson. Ever since he liberated Kabul, they all feel they've got something to live up to. ;)
Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 11:20 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Aargh! Another pet hate. Some poor sod does all the work on the ground in a horrible, dangerous place. Something happens there and Mr Modesty Simpson waltzes in and does the story.
Posted on Sep. 22nd, 2009 01:55 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

See also:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8270866.stm
Posted on Sep. 23rd, 2009 04:16 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Tsk!
Posted on Sep. 23rd, 2009 04:38 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply