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Boris Johnson Leaves Intensive Care (April 2020)

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JA
JAS84
Rkolsen posted:
Also they have Peston as still being with the BBC.
Probably safe to say the list is out of date then.
MA
Markymark
PM out of ICU
NL
Ne1L C
Markymark posted:
PM out of ICU


As I've already said I'm not a fan of the man but its reassuring news.
AN
all new Phil
Ne1L C posted:
Markymark posted:
PM out of ICU


As I've already said I'm not a fan of the man but
its reassuring news.


Corrected it for you.
MD
mdtauk
All we can do is hope he comes out of the experience more empathetic, understanding of the pain the virus causes, and more determined to give the NHS what it needs.

I disagree with his politics, but we don't need any more deaths from this thing.
AN
Andrew Founding member
Why are people constantly feeling the need to tell us their political stance when commenting on the PM being in hospital? It’s bizarre.
NL
Ne1L C
Andrew posted:
Why are people constantly feeling the need to tell us their political stance when commenting on the PM being in hospital? It’s bizarre.


From my point of view it was my way of saying I was showing him no ill will.
EX
excel99
Markymark posted:
Do any foreign journalists attend the White House briefings?

The number of journalists allowed to attend currently is reduced to allow social distancing. There is one seat for 'foreign pool'. The Daily Mail also get to share a seat, I presume due to their US operations
https://twitter.com/KFaulders/status/1239397157918179328/photo/1

I can't find who had a seat before social distancing was implemented, but in 2017
The Foreign Pool had a seat
Al Jazeera shared a seat (with PBS)
The Daily Mail had a seat
The BBC shared a seat (with OAN)
The FT and Guardian shared a seat with each other
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/here-is-the-new-white-house-press-briefing-seating-chart
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JC
JCB
Andrew posted:
Why are people constantly feeling the need to tell us their political stance when commenting on the PM being in hospital? It’s bizarre.


Probably something to do with the whole letterbox, piccaninny, watermelon, bumboys etc thing.
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EX
excel99
Rkolsen posted:
AlexS posted:
MatthewF posted:
Pallab Ghosh asked a question last weekend and isn't on the list either

Pretty sure Fergus Walsh has also had the BBC question on at least one occasion.


Interesting no US broadcasters are included.

None of the three individuals are American, but CNN have three people on the list
NL
Ne1L C
tightrope78 posted:
Ne1L C posted:
Brekkie posted:
ITV News probably could have done with the extra half hour tonight to do everything justice - I'm not saying what ITV News showed wasn't worthwhile, but it did seem to be at the expense of their usual round up of the wider picture across the UK and around the world. As others have said too there is an air of "journalists know best" going around at the moment with how they're approaching the Boris story in particular.


Maybe for some people Boris's condition will be the point it sinks in (for me it was when Charles tested positive that I realised nobody was immune) and of course there are serious questions about the leadership of the country - for what it's worth I think Boris has handled it pretty well given the circumstances.

It's also worth saying that I've always felt in situations like this it doesn't do anybody any favours to have continued reporting and speculating on somebodies condition and that out of respect for the patient and their family the media need to accept that they'll get brief updates as and when necessary. I'm trying to think who it was and I've a feeling it wasn't a Royal or senior politician but remember a story a few years back with a major name in hospital and it pretty much feeling like the whole media were on death watch and just treated it as a story with little respect for the person at the centre of it.


Sadly that is very true. I spoke earlier about news values. The theory is sound but the way its put into practice is driven by the need for ratings and not realising there is a human being behind the story

Boris Johnson's case is somewhat different. The Prime Minister, the leader of the government which is co-ordinating the drive (alongside the incredible NHS) to combat the virus has himself contracted the virus.

Now while we're all hoping he pulls through there is the risk of his passing away and in an historical context become only the second PM to die in office (*) so therefore the media feel that they have to keep focusing on his condition lest the ultimate happens

As I've said in previous posts the media, the NHS and the country as a whole are in a state of turmoil where no-one knows what will happen in 1 hour or 24 hours so "the rulebook has had to be ripped up and is being rewritten "on the fly"

* For the record the only ( and hopefully Prime Minister to die in office was Spencer Perceval in 1812.)

The last British Prime Minister to die in office was the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in 1865. Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister who has been assassinated.



Doh! Embarassed
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
tightrope78 posted:
The last British Prime Minister to die in office was the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in 1865. Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister who has been assassinated.

I recall when I went on a locally organised tour of the Houses of Parliament others in our group telling the guide that we all came from the same town as John Bellingham. Thankfully that fact wasn't misinterpreted, and we'd already gone through security. (I think we may have drifted slightly off- topic from TV presentation.)

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