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Another BBC strike

Is Stephen Cole available? (March 2009)

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newsmonkey
I'm not sure it's entirely fair to be speculating about which presenters will cross the picket lines - yes some have done so in the past, but to suggest [[snip - name 1]] or [[snip - name 2]] would do so could be seen as quite offensive in some quarters.
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aconnell
newsmonkey posted:
I'm not sure it's entirely fair to be speculating about which presenters will cross the picket lines - yes some have done so in the past, but to suggest [[snip - name 1]] or [[snip - name 2]] would do so could be seen as quite offensive in some quarters.


On the contrary, but I think they are saying that [[snip - name 1]] or [[snip - name 2]] would be presenting the news, not striking. You've got the wrong end of the stick. Of course, the link to Stephen Cole is that he was the stand-in at BBC News during the strike in May 2005, the so-called 'Peter Pan of television'.
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excel99
I think it was just a joke about the fact that one presenter in particular often does more than one shift a day. But probably not the right thread for it
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jamesmd
aconnell posted:
On the contrary, but I think they are saying that [[snip - name 1]] or [[snip - name 2]] would be presenting the news, not striking. You've got the wrong end of the stick.


Er - "crossing the picket line" means to present the news, so newsmokey is right in this case.
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aconnell
^^ Normally, I associate crossing the picket line with, er, crossing the picket line. Click
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jamesmd
Yes. You are correct, crossing picket lines means breaking away from striking to go back to work.

newsmonkey wrote that it would be unfair to discuss the names of people who would cross picket lines, and you wrote "No, we're actually discussing people who might present the news" (OWTTE) which effectively is the same thing.
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Put The Telly On
Talking of strikes - very interesting programme on BBC Four now called 'My Strike', including contributions from Peter Snow and Greg Dyke.

Probably a repeat but should be on iPlayer catchup soon.
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newsmonkey
newsmonkey posted:
I'm not sure it's entirely fair to be speculating about which presenters will cross the picket lines - yes some have done so in the past, but to suggest [[snip - name 1]] or [[snip - name 2]] would do so could be seen as quite offensive in some quarters.

Thanks Mods for removing the names
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TVN
newsmonkey posted:
newsmonkey posted:
I'm not sure it's entirely fair to be speculating about which presenters will cross the picket lines - yes some have done so in the past, but to suggest [[snip - name 1]] or [[snip - name 2]] would do so could be seen as quite offensive in some quarters.

Thanks Mods for removing the names


Actually, mine was just a joke with reference to Snip 1's usual long working hours.

Not actually seriously implying (s)he would cross the picket lines.
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Stuart
Is there any information on what the disruption is likely to be to national, regional and international programmes as a result of this action?
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noggin Founding member
If it is just the NUJ, and not BECTU, then most reporters, producers and other production journalists won't come in. BECTU employees will be instructed by their unions not to undertake duties other than their normal ones (i.e. not cover jobs done by journalists)

Most presenters are members of the NUJ, so many normal presenters wouldn't come in to work, and their duties would either be covered by non-NUJ presenters, or those who felt comfortable with crossing a picket line, or managers.

Usually the bulletins merge with News 24/News Channel and BBC World (if their staff are also on strike) with a single stream of news coming from a single studio. Regional news is usually limited to one or two short bulletins.
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Brekkie
I guess last time around in 2005 News 24 and BBC1 were still doing separate bulletins.

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