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Interesting to compare N24 to Sky's 15-minute wheel in covering tonight's train derailment.
Obviously N24 had the advantage of having BBC exec Caroline Thompson on the train and able to give a comprehensive commentary, but one can't help thinking that in the past Sky would have rolled with the story and had passengers, nearby farmers, local journalists, police etc on the line pretty sharpish, as well as the usual rail safety rent-a-quotes.
Of course it's debatable how useful such rolling speculation is, but it's odd to see such a story confined to the bottom of the screen on Sky whilst they carry on with the usual stuff.
Obviously N24 had the advantage of having BBC exec Caroline Thompson on the train and able to give a comprehensive commentary, but one can't help thinking that in the past Sky would have rolled with the story and had passengers, nearby farmers, local journalists, police etc on the line pretty sharpish, as well as the usual rail safety rent-a-quotes.
Of course it's debatable how useful such rolling speculation is, but it's odd to see such a story confined to the bottom of the screen on Sky whilst they carry on with the usual stuff.