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Coronavirus | Television News Coverage

(February 2020)

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WA
watchingtv
BBC News goes to the weather instead of sticking with the questions
MA
Markymark
RDJ posted:
Daily conference from Downing Street seems to be running a little late. I wonder if it goes past 6pm BBC One will switch to the Six or carry on with the conference?


Some of the News Specials have pushed a few minutes into six anyway. They usually pick up the slack during The One Show.

EDIT: Matt Hancock is even allowing comebacks from the questioners so we could be here quite a while!


WTF BBC, cut away for the bloody weather forecast, BBC 1 and the NC. FFS!
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
BBC1 and the News Channel just cut away from the news conference for the Weather forecast and the News at Six. I thought they would have carried on on the News Channel. Poor.
Markymark and watchingtv gave kudos
:-(
A former member
Really poor decision to cut away. I can’t be the only one to turn over to Sky then.
MA
Markymark
Really poor decision to cut away. I can’t be the only one to turn over to Sky then.


Nope, I'm on Sky too. The Beeb have badly shot themselves in the foot with this
DV
dvboy
Given it was simulcast they could have carried on surely, at least on the News Channel?
JW
JamesWorldNews
I’m watching BBC News online. We also got Clive introducing the weather forecast but then immediately cut back to the press conference, which is now airing without lower thirds and signing. And allowing a full view of the lecterns which have again slightly changed in design!

The only difference with this particular online feed (apart from lack of graphics) is that the wide shot of the press room and plasma is not available. Only the primary camera shot airs. Not a biggie.
MA
Markymark
dvboy posted:
Given it was simulcast they could have carried on surely, at least on the News Channel?


It's bloody madness. This is the government being scrutinised by the media, on the biggest crisis the UK has ever had, what's more PSB than that FFS?
DV
dvboy
Rightly getting a bit of stick for it on the old twitter
AN
Andrew Founding member
That was a very bad decision, especially as the next programme is basically just the news anyway. There seems to be no reason why the Six couldn’t have been delayed
DV
dvboy
It's not like they couldn't have delayed everything and dropped Garden Rescue.
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
Will they replay it on the News Channel at 6.30pm? Together with an apology?

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