IS
A similar look was used in 2009.
Both David Dimbleby and reporters on the programme seem to be taking a swipe at electoral law which prevents them from reporting exit polls already released by other countries and already being widely reported across the internet.
Isonstine
Founding member
A new take on the cats cradle, brilliant!!!
A similar look was used in 2009.
Both David Dimbleby and reporters on the programme seem to be taking a swipe at electoral law which prevents them from reporting exit polls already released by other countries and already being widely reported across the internet.
MA
Serious question - why even bother coming on air if they are not allowed to comment on anything until 10pm? This innuendo (and all the jail gags) is getting very tiring very quickly.
IS
Isonstine
Founding member
British electoral law states that reporting on the state of a poll cannot take place until polls have closed - although we voted on Thursday, there are still polls that are open elsewhere in Europe. It is rather destroyed by the fact that exit polls are being reported across Europe and on the internet. I guess the innuendo and jail jokes are to highlight that the BBC coverage isn't behind the times but that they are prevented from reporting what their viewers are already reading on twitter.
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A former member
British electoral law states that reporting on the state of a poll cannot take place until polls have closed - although we voted on Thursday, there are still polls that are open elsewhere in Europe. It is rather destroyed by the fact that exit polls are being reported across Europe and on the internet. I guess the innuendo and jail jokes are to highlight that the BBC coverage isn't behind the times but that they are prevented from reporting what their viewers are already reading on twitter.
Do you have any links to certain website?
WS
So how can the BBC report this story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27559714 - is it a loophole because they're reporting what someone else said about the exit polls?
WW
But even if the UK has a law embargoing national exit poll data, why isn't the BBC reporting on the results from other EU nations, where no such law exists? I was watching France 24, which had wall-to-wall live reports and exit poll data from various EU countries, but BBC World News had no election coverage when I tuned in. (About an hour ago.)
British electoral law states that reporting on the state of a poll cannot take place until polls have closed - although we voted on Thursday, there are still polls that are open elsewhere in Europe. It is rather destroyed by the fact that exit polls are being reported across Europe and on the internet. I guess the innuendo and jail jokes are to highlight that the BBC coverage isn't behind the times but that they are prevented from reporting what their viewers are already reading on twitter.
But even if the UK has a law embargoing national exit poll data, why isn't the BBC reporting on the results from other EU nations, where no such law exists? I was watching France 24, which had wall-to-wall live reports and exit poll data from various EU countries, but BBC World News had no election coverage when I tuned in. (About an hour ago.)
Last edited by WW Update on 25 May 2014 9:45pm