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London Tower Block Fire

(June 2017)

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A former member

The thing is, there is no news to report other than continually report the same few lines.

Now VD is being utterly dramatic "talking of children being thrown out of the block". This is Daily Mail standard of journalism. She's utterly awful.


I think something along these lines were said on GMB - not sure it's just VD


2 words - Piers Morgan.

Tabloid trash.


Alas no. Bbc website is reporting this.
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radiolistener
VD Show is just utter padding - this interview should have been cut short minutes ago, the man said his bit but he's now repeating what he's saying. There is nothing to report other than what the main narrative is.
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tmorgan96
VD Show is just utter padding - this interview should have been cut short minutes ago, the man said his bit but he's now repeating what he's saying. There is nothing to report other than what the main narrative is.

He just went off screen in tears after talking about a man throwing his two kids out of the tower to save them. Poor bloke.

Horrible disaster.

Having watched the news develop, it does deserve continuing coverage. More people will have been killed by this than the terror attack in London.
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radiolistener
VD Show is just utter padding - this interview should have been cut short minutes ago, the man said his bit but he's now repeating what he's saying. There is nothing to report other than what the main narrative is.

He just went off screen in tears after talking about a man throwing his two kids out of the tower to save them. Poor bloke.

Horrible disaster.

Having watched the news develop, it does deserve continuing coverage. More people will have been killed by this than the terror attack in London.


Terror attacks though are a developing situation plus it puts people on alert for any follow up attacks - this sadly isn't. It's repeating the same narrative.
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A former member
What on earth, the Fire is STILL burning...

It seems people were complaining well before this fire about safety concerns. SO this story will run and run

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Aaron_2015
There is a clear case for continued coverage. We don't know how many people have tragically been killed, nor how many have been injured. There will be updates from the fire service soon as well.

I actually happen to completely disagree with the notion GMB is covering events in a tabloid like manner, the program has established the facts and the presenters are asking experts the questions most people are thinking.
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Whataday Founding member
VD Show is just utter padding - this interview should have been cut short minutes ago, the man said his bit but he's now repeating what he's saying. There is nothing to report other than what the main narrative is.


Victoria Derbyshire is dreadful at handling breaking news.
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radiolistener
There is a clear case for continued coverage. We don't know how many people have tragically been killed, nor how many have been injured. There will be updates from the fire service soon as well.

I actually happen to completely disagree with the notion GMB is covering events in a tabloid like manner, the program has established the facts and the presenters are asking experts the questions most people are thinking.


What does Piers Morgan care about facts?
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Blake Connolly Founding member
It's not far from TV Centre and the BBC/Ericssons remaining W12 facilities. Not near enough to cause issues except for staff getting in.


Yep, not far at all (I occasionally walk down that way on lunch breaks) but not close enough to be affected by the cordon even if it's widened considerably. The Central Line and Overground are still running so hopefully it won't cause too many problems.

I'm about 5 miles away now and can still see the smoke from here. Horrific news.
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Aaron_2015
There is a clear case for continued coverage. We don't know how many people have tragically been killed, nor how many have been injured. There will be updates from the fire service soon as well.

I actually happen to completely disagree with the notion GMB is covering events in a tabloid like manner, the program has established the facts and the presenters are asking experts the questions most people are thinking.


What does Piers Morgan care about facts?


Clearly you have a chip on your shoulder about Piers, and are ignoring the quality of the actual coverage to make cheap digs.
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radiolistener
There is a clear case for continued coverage. We don't know how many people have tragically been killed, nor how many have been injured. There will be updates from the fire service soon as well.

I actually happen to completely disagree with the notion GMB is covering events in a tabloid like manner, the program has established the facts and the presenters are asking experts the questions most people are thinking.


What does Piers Morgan care about facts?


Clearly you have a chip on your shoulder about Piers, and are ignoring the actual coverage to make cheap digs.


Phonehacking. 'Nuff said.
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Aaron_2015

What does Piers Morgan care about facts?


Clearly you have a chip on your shoulder about Piers, and are ignoring the actual coverage to make cheap digs.


Phonehacking. 'Nuff said.


That has nothing to do with a fire in a London tower block does it? What's more, Piers was never charged with phone hacking.

It's not really appropriate to be accusing presenters of things in the midst of such awful events.

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