BBC News has shown itself to be one of the better news providers by its continual placement of anchors at key locations. Tonight, John Sopel is live at Heathrow. I think most news programmes have covered this story well, but the BBC has been the most in-depth in my opinion, not to mention BBC News 24 whose coverage has been outstanding especially with Huw Edwards.
Back to the argument of a few weeks ago but if Heathrow was operating without problems and Manchester and Birmingham were closed due to fog, it wouldn't get a mention!
And why send presenters out to the scene - if it's as bad as they're making out you won't be able to see them!
^ I guess not...
But the fact Heathrow gets mentioned is obvious; it's our biggest airport and one of the busiest in the world. It's a shame how on the national BBC News this lunchtime, Sophie didn't attack the BAA representative more. I know she can't , as the programme would become too tabloidy like ITV News, but it was clear she wanted to.
Proberbly one of the most hysterical reactions from a news channel so far & just to fill air time.
Its Foggy, can't people in London deal with fog? I can hear the 'southern softies' remarks as I speak.
Heathrow restricts flights to avoid accidents - there would be all hell on if they had an accident and didn't. Natasha "can't remember fog like this" well love, its the while stuff in the sky, maybe you need to get out of the studio more.
Lets go to York and see how busy it is on the trains - no trains - no one on the platform
Lets go to Birmingham to look at a foggy road from the RAC HQ - Yes there is some traffic.
The next story will no doubt be that its all down to global warming and the planet is getting its own back by bu**ering up transport
Well for ITV Evening News.. it's Mary Nightingale at the scene with Gerriant Vincent in the studio. So far it has been very detailed.. shame they are acting as the fog is such a big thing *as many others have posted above*. Sorry if names spelt wrong etc.
Kaplinksky was at Heathrow on the six. Couldn't see the point of her being there. It added nothing to an already boring story. Yes, 40,000 people are affected and it's not nice for it to happen at this time of year, but far, far worse things have happened and, in terms of the news content, there was very little news and plenty of dramatic tabloid-like words and fluff. God I hate the six.
i'm really disappointed that the BBC thought they had to have presenters on-location for a story about fog. Even Sky desisted on this one - and used reporters instead.
Just how far can you go in-depth until you don't see though.
"A lot of cancellations of flights for the next 24 - 48 hours due to the terrible fog we've been having in the run up to Christmas. Trains also halted in some places. Check with your local operator to see weather your flight is going ahead or not"
That's about all we need to know is it not? Maybe i'm just being stupid, this story will dissapear just as quick as the fog came when the police announce weather they have charged or released those two men in Suffolk.
There's nothing the news channels like better at holiday season, it's travel problems
Usually they focus on trains but this time they are problem remembering how many hours they got out of the security issues at the airports earlier this year
Every bulletin is a bit like an episode of Airline though, where passengers are complaining about stuff out of the airline's control!
^ I guess not...
But the fact Heathrow gets mentioned is obvious; it's our biggest airport and
one of the busiest in the world
. It's a shame how on the national BBC News this lunchtime, Sophie didn't attack the BAA representative more. I know she can't , as the programme would become too tabloidy like ITV News, but it was clear she wanted to.
Heathrow is the busiest airport in the world.
Gatwick is the busiest single runway airport in the world.
The cancellation of flights in America (Denver I believe) due to local weather issues is leading their news bulletins.
The delay in flights across Europe is leading the news bulletins in several countries.
This is not just another "Britain grinds to a halt" with half an inch of snow type events. Of course the fact so many people are being delayed going home for Christmas adds to the meaning of the delays.
I would absolutely argue that leading with news of 40,000 passengers affected every day is far more newsworthy than reporting absolutely nothing about the Suffolk murders, or worse broadcasting pathetic and contemptuous speculation.
Incidentally Suffolk police are holding a news conference at 9:30pm tonight so that will probably push the fog story down the agenda tomorrow.
Just how far can you go in-depth until you don't see though.
"A lot of cancellations of flights for the next 24 - 48 hours due to the terrible fog we've been having in the run up to Christmas. Trains also halted in some places. Check with your local operator to see weather your flight is going ahead or not"
That's about all we need to know is it not?
Sounds clever, but let's face if that's the kind of news you want, I would highly recommend Metro.
I mean, why don't we summarise the Suffolk murders:
"5 prostitutes killed by one suspect in the area around Ipswich- 2 men held". What more information could you possibly need?
Or how about the big spy story of the day:
"British solder acting as interpreter charged with spying on Nato matters for Iran"
No need for any more detail is there?
News- in all forms of print and broadcast- should be about adding depth to stories and not just providing "what we need to know".
