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thegeek
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This week's Question Time has been moved from Rochdale to Finchley.
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SC
I watched a bit on CNN late last night to see how they were covering it and it was all very high praise (which I suppose is perhaps how she was viewed through US eyes). Anderson Cooper did well and they even had Nancy Reagan on the phone to give some thoughts.
However, Piers Morgan then came on a little later - gushing about Thatcher and how wonderful she was - until he was called out by one of his guests about bits of his time at the Mirror, to which he replied "I've never criticised her at all, although many of our readers didn't care for her".
What an ass.
scottishtv
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In the coverage on MSNBC, Joe Scarborough (a former Republican congressman turned presenter) was rhapsodising about the Thatch and her impact on the UK.
I watched a bit on CNN late last night to see how they were covering it and it was all very high praise (which I suppose is perhaps how she was viewed through US eyes). Anderson Cooper did well and they even had Nancy Reagan on the phone to give some thoughts.
However, Piers Morgan then came on a little later - gushing about Thatcher and how wonderful she was - until he was called out by one of his guests about bits of his time at the Mirror, to which he replied "I've never criticised her at all, although many of our readers didn't care for her".
What an ass.
:-(
A former member
STV lead story about this is about the parties, over her death ( not the top story)
RM
Interesting bit of trivium from a BBC journalist (Chris West, BBC Bristol):
Under BBC editorial rules: First reference in a script is "Baroness Thatcher". Second mention she is "Lady Thatcher" then after that it's "Mrs thatcher" or "Margaret Thatcher". Strict rules.
Under BBC editorial rules: First reference in a script is "Baroness Thatcher". Second mention she is "Lady Thatcher" then after that it's "Mrs thatcher" or "Margaret Thatcher". Strict rules.
JW
Gosh! Why?
Interesting bit of trivium from a BBC journalist (Chris West, BBC Bristol):
Under BBC editorial rules: First reference in a script is "Baroness Thatcher". Second mention she is "Lady Thatcher" then after that it's "Mrs thatcher" or "Margaret Thatcher". Strict rules.
Under BBC editorial rules: First reference in a script is "Baroness Thatcher". Second mention she is "Lady Thatcher" then after that it's "Mrs thatcher" or "Margaret Thatcher". Strict rules.
Gosh! Why?
WW
*ahem*
You really don't think there will be wall-to-wall coverage and suspension of schedules when the Queen eventually dies?
This will look like nothing compared to that.
We were talking about BBC WN. To the international viewer , Thatcher was infinitely more important -- she changed the face of the late 20th century, while the Queen is a ceremonial figurehead who hasn't really affected anything. (But yes, she will still get plenty of coverage as a reigning monarch and a celebrity, which is essentially what she is.)
In Tony Judt's authoritative history of postwar Europe, Thatcher is discussed on 43 pages. The Queen, who has ruled for a far longer time, is mentioned on five (and even then briefly, in the context of such topics as the first televised coronation).
She was infinitely more significant to the world than any British monarch.
*ahem*
You really don't think there will be wall-to-wall coverage and suspension of schedules when the Queen eventually dies?
This will look like nothing compared to that.
We were talking about BBC WN. To the international viewer , Thatcher was infinitely more important -- she changed the face of the late 20th century, while the Queen is a ceremonial figurehead who hasn't really affected anything. (But yes, she will still get plenty of coverage as a reigning monarch and a celebrity, which is essentially what she is.)
In Tony Judt's authoritative history of postwar Europe, Thatcher is discussed on 43 pages. The Queen, who has ruled for a far longer time, is mentioned on five (and even then briefly, in the context of such topics as the first televised coronation).
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JO
Gosh! Why?
I guess it's so there is a bit of continuity from programme to programme, not one programme calling her one thing and another something else, whilst allowing for a bit of variation of her official titles.
Interesting bit of trivium from a BBC journalist (Chris West, BBC Bristol):
Under BBC editorial rules: First reference in a script is "Baroness Thatcher". Second mention she is "Lady Thatcher" then after that it's "Mrs thatcher" or "Margaret Thatcher". Strict rules.
Under BBC editorial rules: First reference in a script is "Baroness Thatcher". Second mention she is "Lady Thatcher" then after that it's "Mrs thatcher" or "Margaret Thatcher". Strict rules.
Gosh! Why?
I guess it's so there is a bit of continuity from programme to programme, not one programme calling her one thing and another something else, whilst allowing for a bit of variation of her official titles.
BR
A real pointless exercise.
And glad to see last nights tributes rated so poorly - just 2.6m for the BBC1 programme.
Daily Politics on BBC2 tomorrow at 1410 for the recall of parliament
A real pointless exercise.
And glad to see last nights tributes rated so poorly - just 2.6m for the BBC1 programme.