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Death toll has now reached fifty people, and is considered one of the worst mass shootings in American history.
NE
Both Muhammad Ali's death last weekend and The current events in Orlando are classic examples of damned if you don't cover a big news story and damned if you don't.
Simulcasting the Patron's Lunch isn't wrong because it's the queen, it isn't wrong because it's 'just a birthday', it's wrong because it isn't a news event and is being covered already on BBC One.
It'd be wrong even if there wasn't much happening in the news.
It'd be wrong even if there wasn't much happening in the news.
Both Muhammad Ali's death last weekend and The current events in Orlando are classic examples of damned if you don't cover a big news story and damned if you don't.
WW
The BBC's official historian:
So: @BBCNews continuing to cover the Queen's birthday instead of the Orlando shooting will be an astounding error https://t.co/KaGKtjVTm8
— David Hendy 💙 (@DavidjHendy) June 12, 2016
RN
After the BBC 1 simulcast earlier tonight, I loved the way the News Channel advertised the News at Five as 'coming up next', at 7.22pm...
IS
When people look back to news coverage of Orlando, it won't be the BBC who are remembered as messing it up, Reddit are the ones getting the flack:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/orlando-shooting-response-shows-reddit-cant-be-the-front-page-of-the-internet
Though apparently the American news networks were very slow off the mark but understandable it was the early hours of the morning. CNN were showing documentary about Trump while others were 'breaking news' Coverage in general was very slow to get going, of course the size and importance of the event wasn't evident for a long while
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/orlando-shooting-response-shows-reddit-cant-be-the-front-page-of-the-internet
Though apparently the American news networks were very slow off the mark but understandable it was the early hours of the morning. CNN were showing documentary about Trump while others were 'breaking news' Coverage in general was very slow to get going, of course the size and importance of the event wasn't evident for a long while
IL
Same goes for the BBC as well. It took them a while to only cover the story, at least on WN, while the NC carried the picnic.
I think though the BBC took the right decision domestically, it's not often we get a monarch who lives this long and it is an important national event. What happened in Florida, whilst tragic, at that time wouldn't really affect people in the UK. It was only later when stories started to come out that the impact was felt and we start to know who the people were that we learnt the extent of the story.
I think though the BBC took the right decision domestically, it's not often we get a monarch who lives this long and it is an important national event. What happened in Florida, whilst tragic, at that time wouldn't really affect people in the UK. It was only later when stories started to come out that the impact was felt and we start to know who the people were that we learnt the extent of the story.
AN
I think though the BBC took the right decision domestically, it's not often we get a monarch who lives this long and it is an important national event. What happened in Florida, whilst tragic, at that time wouldn't really affect people in the UK. It was only later when stories started to come out that the impact was felt and we start to know who the people were that we learnt the extent of the story.
The coverage was already on BBC One.
If it had been an evening affair with a livelier atmosphere, and music would that have simulcast on BBC News Channel. These days probably.
Andrew
Founding member
I think though the BBC took the right decision domestically, it's not often we get a monarch who lives this long and it is an important national event. What happened in Florida, whilst tragic, at that time wouldn't really affect people in the UK. It was only later when stories started to come out that the impact was felt and we start to know who the people were that we learnt the extent of the story.
The coverage was already on BBC One.
If it had been an evening affair with a livelier atmosphere, and music would that have simulcast on BBC News Channel. These days probably.
NE
The biggest ever mass shooting in America?
The biggest terrorist event since 9/11?
The biggest attack on the LGBT community since the Holocaust?
Not convinced the BBC made the right decision at all.
I think though the BBC took the right decision domestically, it's not often we get a monarch who lives this long and it is an important national event. What happened in Florida, whilst tragic, at that time wouldn't really affect people in the UK. It was only later when stories started to come out that the impact was felt and we start to know who the people were that we learnt the extent of the story.
The biggest ever mass shooting in America?
The biggest terrorist event since 9/11?
The biggest attack on the LGBT community since the Holocaust?
Not convinced the BBC made the right decision at all.