AC
They do devote too much time to some stories; then, they just end up repeating themselves when there's nothing more to say. They need to learn more definitively how to draw a line under a story and move on to, perhaps, more important news.
It has to be said -I think the BBC have got it totally wrong with the Six this evening. They've devoted just 11 minutes to the 2nd biggest shooting since Dumblane. Are they for real? 12 people shot dead and 11 minutes! Appalling!
They do devote too much time to some stories; then, they just end up repeating themselves when there's nothing more to say. They need to learn more definitively how to draw a line under a story and move on to, perhaps, more important news.
IS
The biggest shooting since Dunblane
They're doing it again at the end of the programme too. As a programme that's essentially a wrap up of the day's events it was ok I thought, other stuff has been happening!
It has to be said -I think the BBC have got it totally wrong with the Six this evening. They've devoted just 11 minutes to the 2nd biggest shooting since Dumblane. Are they for real? 12 people shot dead and 11 minutes! Appalling!
The biggest shooting since Dunblane
They're doing it again at the end of the programme too. As a programme that's essentially a wrap up of the day's events it was ok I thought, other stuff has been happening!
CH
So on today's 6 o'clock news the BBC showed a montage of photographs of one of the people who died in Cumbria on Wednesday. There was a photo of him scuba diving, drinking in the pub, smiling, and several others. Unfortunately the person in the photographs was not one of the victims. It was Derrick Bird, the cold-blooded murderer.
I ask again, what kind of message does this irresponsible reporting send?
'It is ok to go round shooting people if you get angry with them because instead of looking at you with utter contempt, or at least disappointment, BBC News will do their very best to prompt the public into feeling sorry for you, by airing a photo tribute and asking psychologists to justify your actions.'
It's ridiculous.
I ask again, what kind of message does this irresponsible reporting send?
'It is ok to go round shooting people if you get angry with them because instead of looking at you with utter contempt, or at least disappointment, BBC News will do their very best to prompt the public into feeling sorry for you, by airing a photo tribute and asking psychologists to justify your actions.'
It's ridiculous.
UK
Indeed, there's only a limited number of times they can say "And now all the people of Whitehaven want is time, for the media circus to move on etc. etc."
Personally I felt the Six was just about right on the timings.
They do devote too much time to some stories; then, they just end up repeating themselves when there's nothing more to say. They need to learn more definitively how to draw a line under a story and move on to, perhaps, more important news.
Indeed, there's only a limited number of times they can say "And now all the people of Whitehaven want is time, for the media circus to move on etc. etc."
Personally I felt the Six was just about right on the timings.
CH
Whether it worked or not, I don't think their aim was to generate sympathy but to show how normal this man seemed.
So on today's 6 o'clock news the BBC showed a montage of photographs of one of the people who died in Cumbria on Wednesday. There was a photo of him scuba diving, drinking in the pub, smiling, and several others. Unfortunately the person in the photographs was not one of the victims. It was Derrick Bird, the cold-blooded murderer.
I ask again, what kind of message does this irresponsible reporting send?
'It is ok to go round shooting people if you get angry with them because instead of looking at you with utter contempt, or at least disappointment, BBC News will do their very best to prompt the public into feeling sorry for you, by airing a photo tribute and asking psychologists to justify your actions.'
It's ridiculous.
I ask again, what kind of message does this irresponsible reporting send?
'It is ok to go round shooting people if you get angry with them because instead of looking at you with utter contempt, or at least disappointment, BBC News will do their very best to prompt the public into feeling sorry for you, by airing a photo tribute and asking psychologists to justify your actions.'
It's ridiculous.
Whether it worked or not, I don't think their aim was to generate sympathy but to show how normal this man seemed.
ST
Whether it worked or not, I don't think their aim was to generate sympathy but to show how normal this man seemed.
Agreed, I don't see how you could believe any news outlet is trying to generate sympathy for the killer, and I think that calling the photos some sort of 'tribute' is bizarre - they were merely illustrations of how Bird had seemed normal to those who knew him before he snapped, despite the fact that he must have been a seriously disturbed individual. Psychologists aren't justifying his actions either, just trying to give an idea of possible motives, which is indeed the same aim a the police investigation.
So on today's 6 o'clock news the BBC showed a montage of photographs of one of the people who died in Cumbria on Wednesday. There was a photo of him scuba diving, drinking in the pub, smiling, and several others. Unfortunately the person in the photographs was not one of the victims. It was Derrick Bird, the cold-blooded murderer.
I ask again, what kind of message does this irresponsible reporting send?
'It is ok to go round shooting people if you get angry with them because instead of looking at you with utter contempt, or at least disappointment, BBC News will do their very best to prompt the public into feeling sorry for you, by airing a photo tribute and asking psychologists to justify your actions.'
It's ridiculous.
I ask again, what kind of message does this irresponsible reporting send?
'It is ok to go round shooting people if you get angry with them because instead of looking at you with utter contempt, or at least disappointment, BBC News will do their very best to prompt the public into feeling sorry for you, by airing a photo tribute and asking psychologists to justify your actions.'
It's ridiculous.
Whether it worked or not, I don't think their aim was to generate sympathy but to show how normal this man seemed.
Agreed, I don't see how you could believe any news outlet is trying to generate sympathy for the killer, and I think that calling the photos some sort of 'tribute' is bizarre - they were merely illustrations of how Bird had seemed normal to those who knew him before he snapped, despite the fact that he must have been a seriously disturbed individual. Psychologists aren't justifying his actions either, just trying to give an idea of possible motives, which is indeed the same aim a the police investigation.
NI
Surely the intention, to portray to viewers how average and how "normal" Bird seemed to everybody who knew him, was clear enough? I don't see what is so confusing.
But that's the point - it can be interpreted in different ways.
Surely the intention, to portray to viewers how average and how "normal" Bird seemed to everybody who knew him, was clear enough? I don't see what is so confusing.
PE
I think the point is you interpret things in cmpletely different ways than normal people.
What would you prefer exactly? That they trawled his photo albums for all the ones where he was cackling in an evil way, pointing and laughing at graves, rewatching footage of 9/11 with a big tub of popcorn, ones with devil horns on his head?
Pete
Founding member
But that's the point - it can be interpreted in different ways.
I think the point is you interpret things in cmpletely different ways than normal people.
What would you prefer exactly? That they trawled his photo albums for all the ones where he was cackling in an evil way, pointing and laughing at graves, rewatching footage of 9/11 with a big tub of popcorn, ones with devil horns on his head?