The Newsroom

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General day-to-day goings on the 1, 6 and 10 o'clock news (April 2005)

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BA
Bail Moderator
Dog posted:
Hymagumba posted:
Dog posted:
Hymagumba posted:
why not open the left hand set up into the news room and put the proper sofa in the newsroom? or present it from the balcony?


Because it's where people work. Not everywhere can be a set.


Well surely you can just get the big boss to sack them too?


Why are you being flippant?

Do you work? Are you over 18? Do you have a mortgage to pay?

The world doesn't revolve around television news; why isn't Tim Wilcox presenting today; why is the TOG doing odd things...

If somewhere is an office, like the news centre balcony, it can't be a set.

Oddly enough the entire purpose of this forum is to ask questions like "why isn't Tim Wilcox presenting today; why is the TOG doing odd things..." Not mortgages. Perhaps you thought you were here? http://www.mortgageforum.com/


Hyumagrumble posted:
Oh and I think you'll find the world revolves inside television news as illustrated by the following images which I shall hotlink from Mike's excellent site thetvroom...
Best post ever.
DO
Dog
Hymagumba posted:
Dog posted:
Why are you being flippant?

Do you work? Are you over 18? Do you have a mortgage to pay?

The world doesn't revolve around television news; why isn't Tim Wilcox presenting today; why is the TOG doing odd things...

If somewhere is an office, like the news centre balcony, it can't be a set.


Why do you have to take everything so seriously all the time? I'm well aware you can't just shove a show into the middle of a working office.

I simply don't have the time and energy to write "well they could always see about moving the people who work on the balcony to another part of the building and then install appropriate equipment allowing them to broadcast from said area no doubt meaning a weekend from BBC World and joy for all Kleenex shareholders." In the same sense as saying "I'd like to build a house" I'm missing out the particulars.

And yes I do work, I am over eighteen and my parents have plenty money and haven't had a mortgage in 30 years.

Oh and I think you'll find the world revolves inside television news as illustrated by the following images which I shall hotlink from Mike's excellent site thetvroom...

TV news
http://www.thetvroom.com/images-bbc-strike/images-23-05-2005/1859-countdown-1b.jpg

The world revolving inside it
http://www.thetvroom.com/images-bbc-strike/images-23-05-2005/anim-1b.jpg

wibble
http://www.uncleblink.fsnet.co.uk/Store/Train.jpg


How pathetic
BA
Bail Moderator
I thought it was highly comical and well thought out myself.
JA
jamesmd
Bail posted:
I thought it was highly comical and well thought out myself.


Maybe Messr Dog doesn't understand our sophisticated sense of humour.

Dog, you are often short tempered and snappy with members of the forum when they point out things which don't have an obvious reason to them. Do you feel happy when you put people down, as though you have "got one over" on people who don't know as much about the world of television?

Maybe you should enlighten us as to what you do in the BBC exactly. I do sincerely hope you're not as arsey as you are on the board here. Nicky's so lovely, and so is Marcus, so it's surprising to see that you are so very very different.

and....

Hymagumba posted:

Why do you have to take everything so seriously all the time? I'm well aware you can't just shove a show into the middle of a working office.


Sky News do it, BBC did it a few months ago. All it takes is a little adaptability.
BA
Bail Moderator
Don't forget Dan, he's also very fab.
PE
Pete Founding member
James Hall posted:
Bail posted:
I thought it was highly comical and well thought out myself.


Maybe Messr Dog doesn't understand our sophisticated sense of humour.


I prefer to think he's just generally an unpleasant and rude person but lacking the wit to make it biting.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Hymagumba posted:
James Hall posted:
Bail posted:
I thought it was highly comical and well thought out myself.


Maybe Messr Dog doesn't understand our sophisticated sense of humour.


I prefer to think he's just generally an unpleasant and rude person but lacking the wit to make it biting.

Talking about rude isn't this line in your signature a bit rude...
Quote:
2) You skit my name again and I'll come around and shoot you, you ungrateful c*nt
PE
Pete Founding member
Charlie Wells posted:
Talking about rude isn't this line in your signature a bit rude...
Quote:
2) You skit my name again and I'll come around and shoot you, you ungrateful c*nt


damn right it is. i was most shocked when I returned to an important thread about terrorism and found I was a target for such extremeists myself.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Is there any chance we could all get back on topic, please, folks?
KA
Kaplinsky
Wheres Sophie gone? Not seen her for a while. Is she on maternity leave already?
CA
cagney
Kaplinsky posted:
Wheres Sophie gone? Not seen her for a while. Is she on maternity leave already?


This is the 2nd week that Sophie has been off and next week the Radio Times says Jane hill is doing the 6 0 clock news??.
Maybe Sophie has taken a long summer holiday??
R2
r2ro
Speaking of maternity leave, when is Susanna Reid going? I'd have thought she'd be long gone by now but in fact she's back on Breakfast again tomorrow.

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