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To be blunt, there are some incredibly idiotic practices in use now. I'm not sure whether it's immaturity on the part of directors and editors, general lack of attention span of the production staff, or just a total absence of any common sense or proper thought about what's actually being broadcast. Dimbleby himself was swept into it last night too. He cut Robinson off in his prime, to allow Witchell to tell us Brown was arriving at Buck House (stating the bleeding obvious because we could see that for ourselves!) Then moments later cuts Witchell off for some other banal statement.
Perhaps they're only concerned how their showreels will look to their peers, but I can tell you this morning in my work place, talk at the 'water cooler' was how OTT and ridiculous the coverage of last night's events were, for exactly the reasons you outline.
Broadcasting is cutting its own throat at the moment, carry on the way it's going and it'll soon attain the fluffy joke status that the tabloid press has.
Bit annoyed with the Beeb, but all the news channels are guilty of this - it's those god-damned captions and the ticker. Gordon Brown is resigning and all you get is a sea of red and white boxes all over the screen.
I know I'm going to sound like a POV whinger, but couldn't they let the pictures speak for themselves?
Watching the NC, viewers missed shots of Gordon Brown's kids faces - obscured by 'BREAKING NEWS' in big capital letters, the car leaving was captured on a lovely sweeping shot - bit it was ruined with the car chopped off by the graphics, and the one that really riled me is that you then couldn't see Cameron and the Queen shaking hands as 'LATEST PICTURES' is completely covering up the handshake - the major focal point of the said latest picture.
I could offer some forgiveness if the graphics were helpful, but what did the ticker say when Gordon Brown was on the street resigning? "Gordon Brown is set to make a statement imminently."
I know I'm going to sound like a POV whinger, but couldn't they let the pictures speak for themselves?
Watching the NC, viewers missed shots of Gordon Brown's kids faces - obscured by 'BREAKING NEWS' in big capital letters, the car leaving was captured on a lovely sweeping shot - bit it was ruined with the car chopped off by the graphics, and the one that really riled me is that you then couldn't see Cameron and the Queen shaking hands as 'LATEST PICTURES' is completely covering up the handshake - the major focal point of the said latest picture.
I could offer some forgiveness if the graphics were helpful, but what did the ticker say when Gordon Brown was on the street resigning? "Gordon Brown is set to make a statement imminently."
To be blunt, there are some incredibly idiotic practices in use now. I'm not sure whether it's immaturity on the part of directors and editors, general lack of attention span of the production staff, or just a total absence of any common sense or proper thought about what's actually being broadcast. Dimbleby himself was swept into it last night too. He cut Robinson off in his prime, to allow Witchell to tell us Brown was arriving at Buck House (stating the bleeding obvious because we could see that for ourselves!) Then moments later cuts Witchell off for some other banal statement.
Perhaps they're only concerned how their showreels will look to their peers, but I can tell you this morning in my work place, talk at the 'water cooler' was how OTT and ridiculous the coverage of last night's events were, for exactly the reasons you outline.
Broadcasting is cutting its own throat at the moment, carry on the way it's going and it'll soon attain the fluffy joke status that the tabloid press has.
