BBC News strike

MA

Marcus Founding member 23 May 2005 1:47pm

Brekkie Boy posted:

Fair point.

Actually today BBC News 24 is doing something what the BBC should be doing - offering something different.

Usually you get the three main news channels covering the same stories at virtually the same point each hour. Instead today we have BBC News 24 providing us with a standard bulletin on the hour and features on the half-hour - and still managing to keep up to date with developments.

It also shows that it makes sense for BBC1 bulletins to be simulcast on BBC News 24 (and even BBC World), rather than having three bulletins at once. The main concern on simulcasts has been breaking news, but any major breaking story makes it on to the BBC 1 bulletins anyway.

Well BBC World has been the worst hit. Recorded bulletins for hours on end. No international news. Packages on the Tories Leadership which would never have made it anywhere near a World bulletin

EY

the eye 23 May 2005 1:50pm

Marcus posted:

Brekkie Boy posted:

Fair point.

Actually today BBC News 24 is doing something what the BBC should be doing - offering something different.

Usually you get the three main news channels covering the same stories at virtually the same point each hour. Instead today we have BBC News 24 providing us with a standard bulletin on the hour and features on the half-hour - and still managing to keep up to date with developments.

It also shows that it makes sense for BBC1 bulletins to be simulcast on BBC News 24 (and even BBC World), rather than having three bulletins at once. The main concern on simulcasts has been breaking news, but any major breaking story makes it on to the BBC 1 bulletins anyway.

Well BBC World has been the worst hit. Recorded bulletins for hours on end. No international news. Packages on the Tories Leadership which would never have made it anywhere near a World bulletin

Im here in NZ and have watched the TOTH for the past 8-9 hours and I can recall only seeing 2 or 3 live bulletins.

JU

juice 23 May 2005 1:50pm

So what can we expect will be the next programme that will fall victim to the strike?? I would think that there wouldn't be too many problems for the rest of the day to be honest other than when BBC 3 and 4 go live at 7pm, and of course the 6 O'Clock news.

I don't expect that Susan Osmond would stay on air at News 24 all day, so surely there will be a new face there soon....

Other than those possible problems, the only other thing I can see causing a problem would be a major news story developing through the course of the day.

ST

stuartfanning 23 May 2005 1:50pm

So far Daisy Sampson is the only Politics reporter working today. Wonder who will take over from her later.

DO

Dog 23 May 2005 1:51pm

BBC WORLD posted:

As people on the forum are always telling us, Moira is not a "proper" journalist. So, maybe she will pop up at some point today, hence not breaking the strike.

Wishful thinking.........................

This strike is for ALL BBC staff. not just journalists.

JU

juice 23 May 2005 1:53pm

Media Guardian have put an update online regarding local newsrooms.....

Here's a snippet;

"Nearly 60% of BBC employees scheduled to come in today crossed picket lines to report for work as usual, according to the corporation.

However, this figure fell to only 29% in BBC TV, radio and regional programming newsrooms across the country, lending credence to what broadcasting unions said is "very solid support" for the 24-hour strike."

DU

Dunedin 23 May 2005 2:00pm

Brekkie Boy posted:

Ironic isn't it - all the strikers are showing is the BBC can still get a pretty decent service out with half their usual staff services.

Good point- and something we see with strikes time and time again (and yet the unions never seem to learn).

The firefighters were perhaps the biggest cock-up since the miners took on Thatcher.

Ford employees at Dagenham also made fools of themselves by striking in support of employees in the north of England- the following year Ford bosses cut jobs at Dagenham ahead of European plants that didn't "strike in sympathy".

The same will happen to most of the BBC employees (i.e. anyone who isn't a high profile presenter) who have striked today.....it'll be subtle but I expect they'll be passed off for promotion in the next few years.

It's common sense really- striking has never worked.

DO

Dog 23 May 2005 2:01pm

5 Live are being extremly devious by using sport reporters and producers to read the news.

Sport have an awful lot to lose too, so why are there so many sport people not striking?

JU

juice 23 May 2005 2:03pm

Someone has managed to get a report on the Baghdad car bomb together, probably the first piece of news to filter through since breakfast this morning. No piece to camera though, just a voice over, by James Mallet, not heard of him before though.

ST

stuartfanning 23 May 2005 2:04pm

14.00 Susan Osman presenting simulcast on BBC News 24 and BBC World. Wonder when she is going to be relieved?

JU

juice 23 May 2005 2:06pm

stuartfanning posted:

14.00 Susan Osman presenting simulcast on BBC News 24 and BBC World. Wonder when she is going to be relieved?

This is what I was thinking, possibly 4pm? That will be 6 hours on air (she came on air at 10am i think)

JU

juice 23 May 2005 2:11pm

Gordon Brown has given his support to the Strikers;

"Gordon Brown spoke with BBC protesters outside the Millbank buildings when he turned up to give an interview to ITN today.

Before going into the building Mr Brown gave his assurances that he would not cross the picket line.

When Gordon Brown left the building thirty minutes later he further lifted the spirits of the protesters by telling them: "We are not doing any BBC today".

Source: NUJ website

(May 2005)