I've noticed that the NC has single-handed presentation during the daytime. Cost cutting measures are taking their toll...
:-(
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I think that the BBC WN presenters should be allowed to wear poppies to show that they're broadcasting from London, and shows that the global perspective they give on the news is at a British angle.
I think that the BBC WN presenters should be allowed to wear poppies to show that they're broadcasting from London, and shows that the global perspective they give on the news is at a British angle.
BBC World News presenters have been allowed to wear poppies for a while now.
The last bulletin before Newsday starts, Peter Dobbie was wearing a poppy and so did Alex Deakin during the recorded weather segment.
The poppy is not just a UK thing. The flower is also an important symbol for Canadians and Western Europeans. It was actually a Canadian poet by the name of John McCrae whose poem 'In Flanders Field' that helped make the poppy into a symbol of remembrance.
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Allowed in what respect, BBC impartiality rules? The poppy is pretty much the only charity appeal symbol which is allowed on-screen for newsreaders.
On domestic bulletins they're fairly ubiquitous with just a select few choosing not to wear them on screen.
Not really, but probably because Rico is a Filipino that based in Singapore... Not sure if he needed to wear it just because he is working for the BBC.
The poppy is not just a UK thing. The flower is also an important symbol for Canadians and Western Europeans.
They may be common in poetry and literature, but I don't think that poppies are worn in any other European country. It's a fair assumption that this tradition is unknown to most international viewers.
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They may be common in poetry and literature, but I don't think that poppies are worn in any other European country. It's a fair assumption that this tradition is unknown to most international viewers.
Then where better, than BBC World, to increase awareness that they are worn in this country ?
BBC World still can't quite seem to make its mind up whether or not to make it obvious it originates
from the UK, back in 2012 they carried the Olympic torch procession, they even did live 'on site' reports, other times they virtually conceal the fact they are broadcasting from London.
Then where better, than BBC World, to increase awareness that they are worn in this country ?
That's certainly a legitimate argument, but since BBC World News is an international channel, the practice does raise some potential concerns, not the least of which is the fact that the significance of the poppies -- if they are even recognized as poppies -- won't be understood by most foreign viewers. (It's difficult to build awareness of something if people don't know what that is.) And besides, should CNN International anchors wear American flag lapel pins on the Fourth of July simply to increase awareness of that holiday and its meaning to the U.S.? Armistice Day is typically mentioned in BBC World News's reporting of the associated commemorations, and I would argue that that's what really raises awareness of the holiday and its significance to both the UK and its allies.
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Just curious...
Caught the 11am news on the NC yesterday and today as its the first ToTH I can watch, and noticed that on both days Joanna Gosling introduces herself twice. First at the start in the usual manner, then again after the main headlines before moving onto 'other news'. Is this intentional due to the beginning being cut off on BBC Two's syndicate of the 11-12 hour?
or not.