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I simply cannot share your opinion. So, ITV have "audacity" because they have compared one terrorist attack with another terriorist attack? The difference in the number of deaths between yesterdays events and 9/11 is completely immaterial. Sky, the BBC, Channel 4, and other channels have all made observations about 9/11, therefore saing that ITV were/are the only channel to be making such comparisons is ridiculous.
I notice the BBC's, Sky's, and all the rest of the channels had comparisons to poverty, animal deaths, and physcial abuse yesterday didn't they.... No!
Agreed, I shouldn't have just applied this criticism to itv.
I would love to know what dramatic music has been used by ITV News yesterday, if anything, as pointed out on this forum, it's background music for the ITV News Special was very downbeat - unlike Sky's brash typical start of hour fanfare - which played out as usual.
It was dramatic because it was so heavy and downbeat. It sounded like the sort of thing used in crime reconstructions to create a particularly tense mood. It was tabloid and nasty.
Trevor said that "we shouldn't allow this attack to change anything" - of course, but jeez, we're talking about British resolve here, not television presentation. If us Brits changed the way we acted after events such as this, the terrorists would be winning - and its important that our lives do not change.
And what exactly would 'the terrorists winning' be? People seem to talk about not letting the terrorists win, but they seem to have little idea of what that would mean. These terrorists don't all have the same goal, so talking of 'the terrorists winning' is meaningless. And what would 'changing the way us brits acted' mean? What value would change?
You just seem to be reitterating Blair and Bush's propaganda.
TV presentation-wise, I don't think any of the channels did anything out of the ordinary.
You are correct as far as BBC News and Channel 4 did nothing out of the ordinary. But ITV certainly did; they changed nearly every aspect of their presentation!
A few VR sets, background video walkthroughs from both ITV and Sky, good street-map zooming graphics from the BBC etc. I thought that ALL channels dealt with matters extremely well - especially Sky for the first couple of hours of the event.
PS: The desk only changed colour because it reflects the background of the set!
I have nothing against VR sets and video walkthroughs, and I didn't say that I did. I also made no remark about Sky's coverage. I didn't watch it, so how could I? My objection was and remains that ITV News changed its presentation becasue of this attack. That was a deliberate move to change the tone of the programme, and indeed to create more fear than would have been created if they had retained their usual presentation set. Whatever the reasons for the change, it was irresponsible.
In a rather uncertain time following events such as yesterday's, media organisations should remain calm and report on events in a clear, considered way. ITV News overreacted. Would the ITN of yesteryear have done that? No!
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I simply cannot share your opinion. So, ITV have "audacity" because they have compared one terrorist attack with another terriorist attack? The difference in the number of deaths between yesterdays events and 9/11 is completely immaterial. Sky, the BBC, Channel 4, and other channels have all made observations about 9/11, therefore saing that ITV were/are the only channel to be making such comparisons is ridiculous.
I notice the BBC's, Sky's, and all the rest of the channels had comparisons to poverty, animal deaths, and physcial abuse yesterday didn't they.... No!
Agreed, I shouldn't have just applied this criticism to itv.
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I would love to know what dramatic music has been used by ITV News yesterday, if anything, as pointed out on this forum, it's background music for the ITV News Special was very downbeat - unlike Sky's brash typical start of hour fanfare - which played out as usual.
It was dramatic because it was so heavy and downbeat. It sounded like the sort of thing used in crime reconstructions to create a particularly tense mood. It was tabloid and nasty.
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Trevor said that "we shouldn't allow this attack to change anything" - of course, but jeez, we're talking about British resolve here, not television presentation. If us Brits changed the way we acted after events such as this, the terrorists would be winning - and its important that our lives do not change.
And what exactly would 'the terrorists winning' be? People seem to talk about not letting the terrorists win, but they seem to have little idea of what that would mean. These terrorists don't all have the same goal, so talking of 'the terrorists winning' is meaningless. And what would 'changing the way us brits acted' mean? What value would change?
You just seem to be reitterating Blair and Bush's propaganda.
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TV presentation-wise, I don't think any of the channels did anything out of the ordinary.
You are correct as far as BBC News and Channel 4 did nothing out of the ordinary. But ITV certainly did; they changed nearly every aspect of their presentation!
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A few VR sets, background video walkthroughs from both ITV and Sky, good street-map zooming graphics from the BBC etc. I thought that ALL channels dealt with matters extremely well - especially Sky for the first couple of hours of the event.
PS: The desk only changed colour because it reflects the background of the set!
I have nothing against VR sets and video walkthroughs, and I didn't say that I did. I also made no remark about Sky's coverage. I didn't watch it, so how could I? My objection was and remains that ITV News changed its presentation becasue of this attack. That was a deliberate move to change the tone of the programme, and indeed to create more fear than would have been created if they had retained their usual presentation set. Whatever the reasons for the change, it was irresponsible.
In a rather uncertain time following events such as yesterday's, media organisations should remain calm and report on events in a clear, considered way. ITV News overreacted. Would the ITN of yesteryear have done that? No!