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Suffolk Killings - Discuss Coverage here.

(December 2006)

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SE
Square Eyes Founding member
all new Phil posted:


Honestly, all this anchoring on location... just how much *does* it add to the news when they do this? It always seems a bit unneccesary to me.


Absolutely nothing, are Sky still camped outside that police station like they have been all day ?
CY
cylon6
Jonathan H posted:

I think you underestimate both the public hunger for news and the enormity of this story. Think back to any serial killings in the past - they are always huge news stories and you can't expect the media to restrict information to the local region only. As I understand it, this is also an unprecedented situation in the UK with regard to the number of murders (apparently by the same person/persons) within the timeframe.


You're right. After the Jill Dando murders, Soham and now this, ratings for the news bulletins go up as the public become aware of the story during the day and then want to see more about it.
:-(
A former member
It will be interesting to see how long this coverage can go on for if nothing else develops over the coming days.
BR
Brekkie
While I think anchoring on location does add to the flagship bulletins, for the 24 hour news channels it soon becomes unneccessary, especially as most the developments in the story probably appear first via newswires etc. in the newsroom.
SM
smgboi
Something people always forget with the 'what difference does it make being on location?' rant is that a few years ago the same people slammed the news organisations for never getting off their backsides and getting out of London to cover stories. Agreed, the presenters are often only there for the sake of hyping up the story but a couple of points...

FIRSTLY - If you flick on ITV News and Mark Austin is at the scene it instantly makes you go 'Oh it must be something massive for the presenter to be there' and it encourages you to watch - it's tv and they need viewers!

SECONDLY - Sometimes it actually can add depth to the coverage. For example the presenters being able to speak to the cops at the scene, etc.

THIRDLY - It gives us something to talk about!! Very Happy
DD
DarkestDreams
I like the BBC's coverage of this story - They've had a lot of reporters on the scene and lots of in-depth reports - however N24 seems to devote almost the first 20-30 minutes to this story witch squashes other important news
RO
roxuk
smgboi posted:
Something people always forget with the 'what difference does it make being on location?' rant is that a few years ago the same people slammed the news organisations for never getting off their backsides and getting out of London to cover stories.


The same london-centric arguments that appeared here only last week in discussion of the tornado coverage.
NE
Newsroom
News Special on BBC at 7.30 with Fiona Bruce.
DA
DAS Founding member
Although this afternoon's Look East said it was Real Story, so it will be interesting to see what they actually call it.
NE
Newsroom
Well, one would assume as she is doing the ten, it wll be a News Special, as advertised on the ONE website.
NE
Newsroom
Was that the old sombre music I heard getting an airing?
JW
JamesWorldNews
Jeremy Thompson anchoring the Martin Standford Programme live from the scene with Martin in the studio.

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