CA
It's unfortunate then that Sky is completely wrong. A tidal wave is a result of meteorological conditions, most often happening when a storm combines with high tidal conditions. A tsunami is a destructive wave caused by the seismic effects of an earthquake, seaquake or underwater volcanic eruption.
I'm not sure what explanation Sky have given for "tidal wave" being the appropriate term, but sadly that is wholly inaccurate.
Well, as ever, you are blinkered in your criticism.
Everyone from BBC News Online to the Washington Post were describing them as 'tidal waves'. I personally think that is not the real tragedy of the event, but obviously it distressed you to such a significant extent that you felt the need to comment.
As for Sky, I haven't seen too much of it because I've been in Paris over Christmas, but didn't see anyone from their New Delhi bureau on there, which I thought was strange. French TV has been pretty impressive, but then they are always breaking into regular programming for even the most minor of stories, so no suprise they've gone all out on it.
Just because the majority are saying something, doesn't make it correct.
It's stories like this which bring home the large ammount of resources the BBC can call on around the world. Even on Boxing day they got correspondents in Jakata, Delhi, Madras, Thailand, Sri Lanka to name but a few. BBC World even got a long interview with the President of Sri Lanka
I don't recall saying it did make it correct. I was simply asserting that to single out Sky as idiots for calling it a tidal wave was unfair, as every other news organisation did just that.
I thought everyone did very well, given the circumstances. I don't think the BBC were unique in being able to call on a vast array of people to comment on the events.
Marcus posted:
cat posted:
BBC LDN posted:
North East posted:
i was surprised that Sky was reporting it as a tidal wave when all the other channels were refering to it as a Tsunami- and even explaining how the two are different.
It's unfortunate then that Sky is completely wrong. A tidal wave is a result of meteorological conditions, most often happening when a storm combines with high tidal conditions. A tsunami is a destructive wave caused by the seismic effects of an earthquake, seaquake or underwater volcanic eruption.
I'm not sure what explanation Sky have given for "tidal wave" being the appropriate term, but sadly that is wholly inaccurate.
Well, as ever, you are blinkered in your criticism.
Everyone from BBC News Online to the Washington Post were describing them as 'tidal waves'. I personally think that is not the real tragedy of the event, but obviously it distressed you to such a significant extent that you felt the need to comment.
As for Sky, I haven't seen too much of it because I've been in Paris over Christmas, but didn't see anyone from their New Delhi bureau on there, which I thought was strange. French TV has been pretty impressive, but then they are always breaking into regular programming for even the most minor of stories, so no suprise they've gone all out on it.
Just because the majority are saying something, doesn't make it correct.
It's stories like this which bring home the large ammount of resources the BBC can call on around the world. Even on Boxing day they got correspondents in Jakata, Delhi, Madras, Thailand, Sri Lanka to name but a few. BBC World even got a long interview with the President of Sri Lanka
I don't recall saying it did make it correct. I was simply asserting that to single out Sky as idiots for calling it a tidal wave was unfair, as every other news organisation did just that.
I thought everyone did very well, given the circumstances. I don't think the BBC were unique in being able to call on a vast array of people to comment on the events.
BB
It's unfortunate then that Sky is completely wrong. A tidal wave is a result of meteorological conditions, most often happening when a storm combines with high tidal conditions. A tsunami is a destructive wave caused by the seismic effects of an earthquake, seaquake or underwater volcanic eruption.
I'm not sure what explanation Sky have given for "tidal wave" being the appropriate term, but sadly that is wholly inaccurate.
Well, as ever, you are blinkered in your criticism.
Everyone from BBC News Online to the Washington Post were describing them as 'tidal waves'. I personally think that is not the real tragedy of the event, but obviously it distressed you to such a significant extent that you felt the need to comment.
As for Sky, I haven't seen too much of it because I've been in Paris over Christmas, but didn't see anyone from their New Delhi bureau on there, which I thought was strange. French TV has been pretty impressive, but then they are always breaking into regular programming for even the most minor of stories, so no suprise they've gone all out on it.
Oh do shut up.
It wasn't a "Sky sucks" rant; I was merely addressing North East's insistence that Sky was correct for going out of its way to use what they determined to be the more correct use of the phrase "tidal wave". I wasn't the one who made the assertion that Sky was the only organisation to use the term "tidal wave". I was merely responding in reference to the words of North East, and his mention that Sky was going out of its way to explain why "tidal wave" was more correct than "tsunami".
Regardless of what channel it appears on, "tidal wave" is incorrect. I dont quite understand your need to stir up shít, nor your insistence on taking a factual correction so personally.
And incidentally, most of the reports on BBC NOL use the word "tsunami" (there's also a page explaining the science of a tsunami), and N24 and WORLD are referring to it as a tsunami as well. In fact, most coverage I have seen refers to it as tsunami, but occasionally reporters - on all channels and websites - use "tidal wave" as an interchangeable term to provide variety of language. Doesn't make it any more accurate, but at least the more common reference is to tsunami.
cat posted:
BBC LDN posted:
North East posted:
i was surprised that Sky was reporting it as a tidal wave when all the other channels were refering to it as a Tsunami- and even explaining how the two are different.
It's unfortunate then that Sky is completely wrong. A tidal wave is a result of meteorological conditions, most often happening when a storm combines with high tidal conditions. A tsunami is a destructive wave caused by the seismic effects of an earthquake, seaquake or underwater volcanic eruption.
I'm not sure what explanation Sky have given for "tidal wave" being the appropriate term, but sadly that is wholly inaccurate.
Well, as ever, you are blinkered in your criticism.
Everyone from BBC News Online to the Washington Post were describing them as 'tidal waves'. I personally think that is not the real tragedy of the event, but obviously it distressed you to such a significant extent that you felt the need to comment.
As for Sky, I haven't seen too much of it because I've been in Paris over Christmas, but didn't see anyone from their New Delhi bureau on there, which I thought was strange. French TV has been pretty impressive, but then they are always breaking into regular programming for even the most minor of stories, so no suprise they've gone all out on it.
Oh do shut up.
It wasn't a "Sky sucks" rant; I was merely addressing North East's insistence that Sky was correct for going out of its way to use what they determined to be the more correct use of the phrase "tidal wave". I wasn't the one who made the assertion that Sky was the only organisation to use the term "tidal wave". I was merely responding in reference to the words of North East, and his mention that Sky was going out of its way to explain why "tidal wave" was more correct than "tsunami".
Regardless of what channel it appears on, "tidal wave" is incorrect. I dont quite understand your need to stir up shít, nor your insistence on taking a factual correction so personally.
And incidentally, most of the reports on BBC NOL use the word "tsunami" (there's also a page explaining the science of a tsunami), and N24 and WORLD are referring to it as a tsunami as well. In fact, most coverage I have seen refers to it as tsunami, but occasionally reporters - on all channels and websites - use "tidal wave" as an interchangeable term to provide variety of language. Doesn't make it any more accurate, but at least the more common reference is to tsunami.
IS
I suspect the Tsunami/Tidal Wave confusion is due to the fact that Tsunami is a japanese word and these events usually happen in the pacific - they are un-precedented in the Indian Ocean.
It's the same as Typhoon/Hurricane - they are geographically secific
On the same subject I notice that the news is using the messy 'South East Asian Quake' and 'Asian Tsunami' - the geographical spread is huge - even parts of Africa were affected.
It's the same as Typhoon/Hurricane - they are geographically secific
On the same subject I notice that the news is using the messy 'South East Asian Quake' and 'Asian Tsunami' - the geographical spread is huge - even parts of Africa were affected.
IS
Probably the same reason they changed 0207 008 0000 to the correct 020 7008 0000
thegeek posted:
On a slightly mundane note, News 24 seem to have changed their slug from "ASIA QUAKE" to "ASIAN QUAKE". Pedants phoning the duty office, perhaps?
Probably the same reason they changed 0207 008 0000 to the correct 020 7008 0000
CA
There stand the words of a hypocrite.
I was simply clarifying your statement - which seemed to imply that Sky were the only ones at fault - and in turn you took that personally.
BBC LDN posted:
I dont quite understand your need to stir up shít, nor your insistence on taking a factual correction so personally
There stand the words of a hypocrite.
I was simply clarifying your statement - which seemed to imply that Sky were the only ones at fault - and in turn you took that personally.
:-(
A former member
I think everyone's forgotten this, but yesterday (Boxing Day) was also exactly one year ago since that terrible earthquake in Iran. It happened on Boxing Day 2003 - Friday 26th December, the same day that Leeds police officer, Ian Broadhurst, was murdered. Such a coincidence that an earthquake happens on the first anniverasry of another one.
DV
USGS report on this 'quake
marksi posted:
I don't know whether these things are connected, but on
Christmas Eve
I read THIS news story about a large undersea earthquake in the Antarctic...
USGS report on this 'quake
BB
There stand the words of a hypocrite.
I was simply clarifying your statement - which seemed to imply that Sky were the only ones at fault - and in turn you took that personally.
You started off with:
Well, as ever, you are blinkered in your criticism.
so you were directing your comments squarely at me. Forgive me for taking personally something which was addressed directly to me.
Your pretending to be all sweet and innocent is pretty weak; you weren't "just clarifying", you were being deliberately confrontational.
I find it sadly amusing that you accuse me of hypocrisy, yet while you accuse me of ignoring the human tragedy of the event in favour of addressing a scientific point, you've done exactly the same thing, and for no other reason than to be a bitch. I do wish you'd go and píss on a lamppost somewhere else, because you've clearly got nothing useful to say here.
cat posted:
BBC LDN posted:
I dont quite understand your need to stir up shít, nor your insistence on taking a factual correction so personally
There stand the words of a hypocrite.
I was simply clarifying your statement - which seemed to imply that Sky were the only ones at fault - and in turn you took that personally.
You started off with:
Well, as ever, you are blinkered in your criticism.
so you were directing your comments squarely at me. Forgive me for taking personally something which was addressed directly to me.
Your pretending to be all sweet and innocent is pretty weak; you weren't "just clarifying", you were being deliberately confrontational.
I find it sadly amusing that you accuse me of hypocrisy, yet while you accuse me of ignoring the human tragedy of the event in favour of addressing a scientific point, you've done exactly the same thing, and for no other reason than to be a bitch. I do wish you'd go and píss on a lamppost somewhere else, because you've clearly got nothing useful to say here.
GB
I'm disappointed with the BBC's coverage of this catastrophe - it seems repetitive and distant. ITV's has picked-up, but Sky News is leaving them both behind. I haven't watched CNN or the dreaded Fox News.
All that said, talking about pros and cons of coverage does seem rather academic in the whole scheme of things. Disasters like this make the rest of us feel helpless and redundant, but just thankful we are not affected.
All that said, talking about pros and cons of coverage does seem rather academic in the whole scheme of things. Disasters like this make the rest of us feel helpless and redundant, but just thankful we are not affected.