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Munich Shooting Coverage

Coverage of shooting in Munich (July 2016)

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TMD_24
Shots fired at Munich shopping centre. BBC/Sky in breaking news mode, discuss coverage here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36870986
Last edited by TMD_24 on 22 July 2016 6:34pm
GE
Gareth E
The News Channel simulcasting World at 6pm with Karin Giannone and Sharinjit Leyl.
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Moz
BBC NC/WN simulcasting at 1800.
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Gareth E
I know there's a fairly decent chance that this turns out to be exactly what everyone thinks it is . . . but the media are awfully quick to jump to conclusions these days.

This could so easily be a very localised incident involving a madman with a grudge (or a multitude of other non-terrorist related reasons). Not sure whether it's entirely appropriate to go into full blown rolling news mode with the 'BBC News Special' treatment quite so quickly.

Of course, on the other hand, it would also be very sad if these things become so commonplace that they don't warrant the very kind of coverage I've mentioned.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Sophy Ridge anchoring from London on Sky News. I wouldn't be surprised if senior presenters are getting the call to fly to Munich to anchor later tonight.
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House
I know there's a fairly decent chance that this turns out to be exactly what everyone thinks it is . . . but the media are awfully quick to jump to conclusions these days.

This could so easily be a very localised incident involving a madman with a grudge (or a multitude of other non-terrorist related reasons). Not sure whether it's entirely appropriate to go into full blown rolling news mode with the 'BBC News Special' treatment quite so quickly.

Of course, on the other hand, it would also be very sad if these things become so commonplace that they don't warrant the very kind of coverage I've mentioned.

You could well argue that even if this isn't terrorism, or isn't obviously terrorism, it is nevertheless relevant in the context of so many attacks and incidents in recent weeks. Also worth remembering that the attack in Nice has gone from being believed to be a lone, local attacker to a terrorist attack, planned and conducted by multiple individuals, that was a year in the planning.


A few interesting points: the BBC have been using Periscope as a source of live, or near-live, source of video. Terribly useful for journalistic purposes (I was watching multiple sources from within Turkey during the attempted coup), but importantly lacking context, and the 'man on the street' isn't always a very useful source with or without a camera.

Second: the live camera crew finally appearing in Munich have just been ordered to move back by heavily armed police officers.

Finally, a number of people, armed and wearing bullet proof jackets but otherwise very much in plain clothes, have been featured in non-live video. What's the protocol in these matters, for ensuring that 'security services' officers who shouldn't or can't be pictured or named aren't inadvertently being filmed and broadcast?
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The SNT Three
House posted:

A few interesting points: the BBC have been using Periscope as a source of live, or near-live, source of video. Terribly useful for journalistic purposes (I was watching multiple sources from within Turkey during the attempted coup), but importantly lacking context, and the 'man on the street' isn't always a very useful source with or without a camera.

Second: the live camera crew finally appearing in Munich have just been ordered to move back by heavily armed police officers.


They have better material than ARD do in Germany – they're flitting between their terrorism correspondent in Berlin and an in-studio social media correspondent, struggling to get to their correspondent (even via telephone) who is on location.
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Critique
The News Channel simulcasting World at 6pm with Karin Giannone and Sharinjit Leyl.


And at the point (I assume World opted to the weather), we cut from Sharinjit (who was alone at this point), to Karin Giannone and Martine Croxall in Studio C. Would they have recorded the Film Review quite quickly during the 25 mins or so the studio wasn't on air?
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Custard56
With no offence intended at the OP, these threads are becoming horribly, horribly commonplace.
bkman1990 and Brekkie gave kudos
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Gareth E
BBC Four also taking this rolling coverage in the World News Today slot. Incidentally, in the wrong ratio.
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L89
What feed is BBC Four taking? As they just have the BBC News logo and bbc.co.uk/news in the ticker area.


With no offence intended at the OP, these threads are becoming horribly, horribly commonplace.


Sadly, yes. It's been so busy these past few weeks for rolling news teams.
LL
London Lite Founding member
L89 posted:
What feed is BBC Four taking? As they just have the BBC News logo and bbc.co.uk/news in the ticker area.


BBC World News with the generic strap to cover up the ticker. When BBC Four have taken the NC feed, we get the UK ticker and clock during WNT.

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