All of Tonight's Anchors Wearing Black - All Channels

Has anybody got access to the american news channels to see if anything is out of the norm there?

Yep, FOX is normal.... not sure about any others.

Presenter on ABC News (live feed available on it's website) is normal.

Three words you don't often see together

It's not the ties we should be looking at, they can be changed within seconds, its the other clothes, particualrly the women. Its a bit too much of a coincidence that every woman on every bulletin on every channel has been wearing black.

Also, I cant help but feel Jon was pulled from News 24 earler to be taken to a reporting spot, for when the embargo is lifted, as recently he has tended to be the one to break bad news from the scene

Believe me, there is absolutely no way that the news channel presenters would be in mourning dress on account of George Best - that really is the most bizarre suggestion I think I've ever seen here!

Jon Sopel is a senior BBC News 24 Presenter, so he would automatcally get the gig for the major stories. It must be something UK- centric as he wouldn;t be going abroad due to his Politics Show commitments.

Rachel Schofield wearing black on News 24. Chris Eakin in dark grey jacket with yellow tie

It has to be Royalty or a Senior Politican

Who else could it be... it might not be anyone, maybe its just us, being TV fanatics.

Maybe were just all over reating, or maybe someone is ill and we dont know, if someone Royal had died, would there be a news black out embargo thing, i remember when Queen Mum died, the BBC were not prepared that well.

as suggested earlier in the thread - margaret thatcher and the duke of edinburgh seem obvious candidates

It could well be, and I hope it is... I always tend to feel bad when somebody famous dies.

I haven't got access to a tv at the moment, but does there seem to be a lot of activity in the backgrounds of News 24 and Sky?