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Baroness Thatcher has died

Funeral coverage - Dimbleby for BBC, Stewart, Schofield and Willoughby for ITV (April 2013)

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IS
Inspector Sands
House posted:
Having missed it initially, it seemed like Chris and Joanna had the news before producers were prepared to run with it.

Almost certainly, if a newsroom had even an inkling about a big story like that they will let everyone know just in case even if it's not immediately for air
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House
Inspector Sands posted:
House posted:
Having missed it initially, it seemed like Chris and Joanna had the news before producers were prepared to run with it.

Almost certainly, if a newsroom had even an inkling about a big story like that they will let everyone know just in case even if it's not immediately for air


Even so, for it to throw Chris twice in the headlines as he was clearly unsure whether they were running with it or not seemed a little off. My question is rather why they held back on reporting it and completed the headlines - they seemed to have only one source (PA) so their usual (or previous) policy of 'wait for a second source' didn't seem to apply, so why the delay? Who would have confirmed the legitimacy of the story, and would producers have waited for a more senior producer/ executive to approve them running it?
IS
Inspector Sands
With something as big as that I'd have thought so, yes. It's certainly something they have to be absolutely sure about before running with it, you can imagine the consequences if it was erroneously reported.

Of course it being on PA isn't necessarily an indication that it's true, accidents can and have happened.
CH
chris_rgu
Tim Willcox out in Finchley, North London, her first constituency
GM
nodnirG kraM
flaziola posted:
nodnirG kraM posted:
Nothing about that particular title sequence works.


That's a BBC News issue rather then a Thatcher death issue.


Sorry, mum.
NE
Newsroom
BBC News Special with Huw Edwards at 4pm, with an additional 90 minute obit special at 8.30.
CH
chris_rgu
Newsroom posted:
BBC News Special with Huw Edwards at 4pm, with an additional 90 minute obit special at 8.30.


Studio B? Studio C??
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Could well be C
GH
George Hill
Sian Williams has tweeted that the BBC News at Six will be coming live from Downing Street.
SW
Steve Williams
scoobiesnack posted:
I watched a bit of ITN news around 1:40, as opposed to the back to back telephone interviews on the other channels, they had an in studio discussion between Kelvin MacKenzie and Ann Widdecombe - an amazing achievement to organise and pull that off in that timescale I thought. For me , that was the best bit of the breaking coverage.


Apart from the fact it featured Kelvin MacKenzie, obviously.
DA
davidhorman
The BBC website had "Live: Thatcher [death/dies]" up there for a while.
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knack
Why is this still breaking news after four hours?

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