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A former member
unconfirmed reports are saying the situation is not over. Strangely Franch 24 didnt start doing proper coverage for good 30mins.
Here is Fox news:
Here is Fox news:
CR
BBC World News doing the strange thing they've done a few times now during breaking news where they have a second presenter in the studio but acting as a correspondent. Ben Bland has been sat in the guest seat for the past hour now - surely it would make sense to just have the other person as a presenter - then at the very least this awkward TOTH shot would have been avoided.
JD
JDN
Not impressed with the BBC coverage. I think these two were on during the Paris attacks last year, and wasn't impressed then.
Sky seems to be doing coverage, just like you would expect at any time of day.
Sky seems to be doing coverage, just like you would expect at any time of day.
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A former member
Ch9 oz has someone on the phone speaking and there can see the truck being opened by the police live...
WO
I've never been particularly impressed with Kasia Madera during Breaking News situations. She was speaking to Isabel Hardman who is in the area but is currently stuck in an apartment. She didn't appear to know who Isabel was, speaking to her as if she was just an onlooker. She kept on asking Isabel for confirmation on several points which of course Isabel couldn't confirm and we ended up going round in circles.
Not impressed with the BBC coverage. I think these two were on during the Paris attacks last year, and wasn't impressed then.
Sky seems to be doing coverage, just like you would expect at any time of day.
Sky seems to be doing coverage, just like you would expect at any time of day.
I've never been particularly impressed with Kasia Madera during Breaking News situations. She was speaking to Isabel Hardman who is in the area but is currently stuck in an apartment. She didn't appear to know who Isabel was, speaking to her as if she was just an onlooker. She kept on asking Isabel for confirmation on several points which of course Isabel couldn't confirm and we ended up going round in circles.
CR
This Week also doing their own little bit of coverage on BBC One, with Isabel Hardman (regular contributor to the show) in Nice and on the phone.
Only just twigged that it was Hardman she was talking to, heard her on This Week and made the connection but on World News the way the presenter was talking did indeed make her sound like an onlooker or something. There were a couple of poor questions in the interview, one of which I think got the answer of 'no' and nothing else, and a few others had to start with a slightly exasperated 'I don't know I've just got here'.
I'm never particularly impressed with Kasia Madera. She was speaking to Isabel Hardman who is in the area but is currently stuck in an apartment. She didn't appear to know who Isabel was, speaking to her as if she was just an onlooker. She kept on asking Isabel for confirmation on several points which of course Isabel couldn't confirm and we ended up going round in circles.
Only just twigged that it was Hardman she was talking to, heard her on This Week and made the connection but on World News the way the presenter was talking did indeed make her sound like an onlooker or something. There were a couple of poor questions in the interview, one of which I think got the answer of 'no' and nothing else, and a few others had to start with a slightly exasperated 'I don't know I've just got here'.
WO
Hopefully it was a more constructive conversation and interview than what we were treated to on BBC World earlier.
This Week also doing their own little bit of coverage on BBC One, with Isabel Hardman (regular contributor to the show) in Nice and on the phone.
Hopefully it was a more constructive conversation and interview than what we were treated to on BBC World earlier.
DA
Mic levels have been a bit dodgy. Ben Bland was far louder than the presenter just before midnight, and had his mic lowered while talking. Then after TOTH, he was way too loud again and it wasn't corrected.
I do find myself cringing at phone interviews with witnesses at times like this, with the awkward pauses as the interviewer tries to come up with another of asking basically the same question over and over again, and sometimes the nearly audible frustration of the interviewee at same.
Still, tough job to do. I could never do it.
BBC World News doing the strange thing they've done a few times now during breaking news where they have a second presenter in the studio but acting as a correspondent. Ben Bland
Mic levels have been a bit dodgy. Ben Bland was far louder than the presenter just before midnight, and had his mic lowered while talking. Then after TOTH, he was way too loud again and it wasn't corrected.
I do find myself cringing at phone interviews with witnesses at times like this, with the awkward pauses as the interviewer tries to come up with another of asking basically the same question over and over again, and sometimes the nearly audible frustration of the interviewee at same.
Still, tough job to do. I could never do it.
ST
Up until about 00.10 UK time, France 24, which presumably toes the French government line a little more closely then other news outlets, were still reporting "several" fatalities when all the other major news channels reported the figure as being 60+. Euronews was up to date very quickly, their coverage - especially since the rebrand - has been very impressive so far.