JE
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
Jenny
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p_c_u_k posted:
I never realised that network joined Reporting Scotland on the day of Dunblane. Regional news down south was delayed for 15 minutes.
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
GE
The world's media descended on the town. I think that's probably a fairly good measure of 'international importance'.
I think this report from CNN at the time reflects the shock the attack brought.
thegeek
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Jenny posted:
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
I think this report from CNN at the time reflects the shock the attack brought.
LC
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
Well it was coverd in the US, big news infact i was there at the time.
I find your post extremely stupid.
Jenny posted:
p_c_u_k posted:
I never realised that network joined Reporting Scotland on the day of Dunblane. Regional news down south was delayed for 15 minutes.
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
Well it was coverd in the US, big news infact i was there at the time.
I find your post extremely stupid.
SM
Jenny - it was very significant as it raised some tough questions about a number of issues ranging from the safety of our children to the deterioration of society. Dunblane is OFFICIALLY one of the world's safest towns, so for this horror to take place in it's Primary School shocked the world and made everyone wonder if it could happen where they live. So, like most people on this thread, I think you are wrong to suggest it was simply 'interesting'. Case closed.
BB
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
Are you slightly special or just trying to get people going? There is term for people like you and it is TROLLS!
Jenny posted:
p_c_u_k posted:
I never realised that network joined Reporting Scotland on the day of Dunblane. Regional news down south was delayed for 15 minutes.
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
Are you slightly special or just trying to get people going? There is term for people like you and it is TROLLS!
TE
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
Yeh, cos 16 wee kids being shot dead, plus their teacher isn't really that important is it?
As others have said this incident raised a lot of issues in society, and acting as the starting gun for all schools to highten security.
Jenny posted:
p_c_u_k posted:
I never realised that network joined Reporting Scotland on the day of Dunblane. Regional news down south was delayed for 15 minutes.
I'd hardly call a solitary gunman going on a rampage in a small town in the middle of nowhere "an event of international importance" as they did on the programme, though. That's really talking it up a bit much.
Yeh, cos 16 wee kids being shot dead, plus their teacher isn't really that important is it?
As others have said this incident raised a lot of issues in society, and acting as the starting gun for all schools to highten security.
AB
I don't think anyone should be attacking Jenny for her comments strange and, indeed, upsetting as they were.
There's long been a debate within responsible journalism about what is actually important or significant - and what is merely "interesting".
John Birt's essays in The Times in the 1970s articulated this well and the way BBC News changed in the late 80s while he was deputy DG demonstrated how this could be put into practice. The Nine O'Clock News, in particular, would often lead on the significant above the interesting.
To explain very crudely, run-of-the-mill crime and Royal stories are merely interesting. Some international or economic events are significant even if they may not be interesting to some of the audience. The challenge for the journalist, of course, is to demonstrate their relevance and find ways of making them interesting.
The problem comes when media theorists or academics in ivory towers - who often have no practical experience in broadcasting or journalism - try to develop this argument or pass it on to innocent young media studies students!
That's what leads to the nonsense of somebody apparently seeing Dunblane as simply another crime story which is of no real significance. (And explains why so few people with media studies degrees work in major newsrooms.)
There's long been a debate within responsible journalism about what is actually important or significant - and what is merely "interesting".
John Birt's essays in The Times in the 1970s articulated this well and the way BBC News changed in the late 80s while he was deputy DG demonstrated how this could be put into practice. The Nine O'Clock News, in particular, would often lead on the significant above the interesting.
To explain very crudely, run-of-the-mill crime and Royal stories are merely interesting. Some international or economic events are significant even if they may not be interesting to some of the audience. The challenge for the journalist, of course, is to demonstrate their relevance and find ways of making them interesting.
The problem comes when media theorists or academics in ivory towers - who often have no practical experience in broadcasting or journalism - try to develop this argument or pass it on to innocent young media studies students!
That's what leads to the nonsense of somebody apparently seeing Dunblane as simply another crime story which is of no real significance. (And explains why so few people with media studies degrees work in major newsrooms.)
:-(
And why exactly can the BBC provide endless hours of regional comedy, sport, current affairs, on two full time tv networks up north, and yet treat the massive geographical area of England as one region apart from an hour per day for news?
But at least the Midlands gets split up for the regional news on BBC, unlike Scotland!
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tvmercia posted:
p_c_u_k posted:
And why exactly can the BBC provide endless opt and sub opt-outs down south, and endless local radio stations, and yet treat the massive geographical area of Scotland as one region?
And why exactly can the BBC provide endless hours of regional comedy, sport, current affairs, on two full time tv networks up north, and yet treat the massive geographical area of England as one region apart from an hour per day for news?
But at least the Midlands gets split up for the regional news on BBC, unlike Scotland!