7/7 Anniversary

Call me cynical, but todays coverage has been way OTT.

I don't ever recall television channels dedicating so many hours of faux rue. What exactly are they gaining?

During the 30 years of the IRA bombings throughout the UK and the countless fatalities those terrorists caused, television networks never devoted so much time to the dead.

It's just a case of the networks copying the US style of going totally OTT.

The London bombings happend. And yes, the anniversary should be remembered - but the manic way and completely false sense of grief portrayed by the news organisations is probably the most sickening bit.

How much more airtime are the western networks going to devote to muslim extremists and reminding us constantly that we're going to be attacked again. There's no evidence of that, it's just the various western governments and media outlets wanting to create a sense of overwhelming fear.

I don't live in London (thank god), and yes I'm very sorry for the victims - but please give it a rest BBC, ITV, Sky etc. It's so boring now.

In a polite way, I agree with some of what you're saying. The events could have been a lot worse, but still, I think everyone is still numbed from last year.

Thanks for clearing that one up

I have to agree there, the coverage is at satuation point, don't get me wrong it's sad what happened and I would never want to see the likes again, but you just have to get on with life and don't let this cr*p bother you. I have to agree with the IRA point, they caused far more attrocities from the 70's to the 90's, but we got on with it and didn't mark and reflect every little thing.

Plus it happened in London, not across England/UK, it shouldn't be ignored, but it's gone OTT for me not to care that much as bad as it sounds. Maybe if I lived nearer to London or who had a friend or relative affected by the Bombings then I would probably speak differently.

Warrington (my home town) was hit by the IRA back in 1993, but we get on with life and usually recieves little press coverage, though it's impact to peace in Northern Ireland was surely nothing but positive? Though it wasn't the main reason for ongoing Peace, it did help to change people's attitudes.

Anyway, it's a Metropol issue, and I kept to Local News yesterday as it was doing my head in.

As I understand it, it was caused by human error, both at the BBC and Red Bee, followed by the automation thinking it knew best.

Some coverage was a bit OTT, but I really liked the way the ITV Evening News ended last night, with pictures of all the victims, accompanied by silence.

Slightly off topic, but it is a year as well since Birmingham City Centre got evacuated as well!

(And the city's various media outlets had to evacuate as well, with varying degrees of success !)

I think the coverage was very well done on all channels. I like how both ITV News and BBC News have followed a survivor and how they are rebuilding their lives. I for one know what it is like to have to learn to walk again using prosthetics, and the people featured in the reports are very brave to allow the world to see their recovery. Good luck to everyone who is having to rebuild their lives after 7/7.

I'd say about 90% of viewers aren't too bothered about presentation really.

ITV1 did indeed bring out their sombre ident (for the first time?) this morning. Did STV have something similar?

what did it look like? loads of miserable people or just a logo?

Same as the breakbumper pretty much - the "1" slides out from the "ITV" with the yellow beam of light slowly moving around at the bottom. No music.