UB
The problem comes down completely to whether the BBC and Sky trusts PA, AP and Reuters to provide accurate information on wires.
Again, I find it interesting that nobody whatsoever is commenting on how soundly the BBC thrashed Sky with the Hobson charges.
You all like to bash the BBC, but never to praise. Amazing.
Again, I find it interesting that nobody whatsoever is commenting on how soundly the BBC thrashed Sky with the Hobson charges.
You all like to bash the BBC, but never to praise. Amazing.
DV
Only when they have engineering work. There is always a presenter, gallery crew and production team in on every day throughout the year. The point being that big UK stories may not break but foreign stories do.
thegeek posted:
But don't Sky also prerecord and repeat the same bulletin overnight? Granted, they keep the presenter around just in case, but it puts them in a pretty similar position to both News 24 and ITV.
Only when they have engineering work. There is always a presenter, gallery crew and production team in on every day throughout the year. The point being that big UK stories may not break but foreign stories do.
AP
From MediaGuardian.co.uk:
Quote:
No news isn't always good news
After trumpeting the recent success of Sky News in beating BBC News 24 to the arrest of quadruple murder suspect Mark Hobson, Monkey feels compelled to draw the attention of its readers to a reversal of fortunes last night. While News 24 was rolling with reaction to Mark Palios's trickily timed resignation last night - dragging sports minister Richard Caborn and players' union chief Gordon Taylor swiftly to the telephone - Sky News seemed remarkably somnolent on the whole affair, making do with its in-house sports reporter to read out the wires - at least in the early stages of the story. Perhaps as a result, Sky's audiences slumped from 34,000 at 8pm, before the story broke, to 13,000 at 9pm. News 24 meanwhile extended its lead, from 46,000 at 8pm to 58,000 at 9pm. Viewers of the ITV News Channel might have been forgiven for thinking the turmoil at the FA was all Israel's fault - at 9pm it switched to its scheduled John Pilger documentary, resulting in its audience soaring from 1,000 at 8pm to a 9,000 at 9pm. Which, Monkey notes, is almost statistically significant.
After trumpeting the recent success of Sky News in beating BBC News 24 to the arrest of quadruple murder suspect Mark Hobson, Monkey feels compelled to draw the attention of its readers to a reversal of fortunes last night. While News 24 was rolling with reaction to Mark Palios's trickily timed resignation last night - dragging sports minister Richard Caborn and players' union chief Gordon Taylor swiftly to the telephone - Sky News seemed remarkably somnolent on the whole affair, making do with its in-house sports reporter to read out the wires - at least in the early stages of the story. Perhaps as a result, Sky's audiences slumped from 34,000 at 8pm, before the story broke, to 13,000 at 9pm. News 24 meanwhile extended its lead, from 46,000 at 8pm to 58,000 at 9pm. Viewers of the ITV News Channel might have been forgiven for thinking the turmoil at the FA was all Israel's fault - at 9pm it switched to its scheduled John Pilger documentary, resulting in its audience soaring from 1,000 at 8pm to a 9,000 at 9pm. Which, Monkey notes, is almost statistically significant.
MI
There is an excuse for not breaking unconfirmed news TOTH, they should concentrate on confirmed stories first.
However I thaught BIG MOIRA's (sorry cant be bothered formatting) delivery of Saddams capture on Breakfast With Frost was excellent, at the end of the bulletin she simply said "and there are unconfirmed reports that Saddam Hussein has been captured in Iraq, now back to David" this is how it should be announced after the round up if it happens TOTH IMHO.
Whilst talking about Frost, it annoys me when Frost in on his summer break and the progoramme remains Breakfast with Frost, despite Sissons being the main presenter during this period. Its fine for just one week, if frost is ill or on a short break, but there should be a different progoramme just for the summer, such as Sissons on Sunday.
However I thaught BIG MOIRA's (sorry cant be bothered formatting) delivery of Saddams capture on Breakfast With Frost was excellent, at the end of the bulletin she simply said "and there are unconfirmed reports that Saddam Hussein has been captured in Iraq, now back to David" this is how it should be announced after the round up if it happens TOTH IMHO.
Whilst talking about Frost, it annoys me when Frost in on his summer break and the progoramme remains Breakfast with Frost, despite Sissons being the main presenter during this period. Its fine for just one week, if frost is ill or on a short break, but there should be a different progoramme just for the summer, such as Sissons on Sunday.
PE
Well to be fair it's not exactly
"World News Tongight With Peter Jennings, tonight presented by Andrew Symonds" is it?
Pete
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Mikeroberts posted:
Whilst talking about Frost, it annoys me when Frost in on his summer break and the progoramme remains Breakfast with Frost, despite Sissons being the main presenter during this period. Its fine for just one week, if frost is ill or on a short break, but there should be a different progoramme just for the summer, such as Sissons on Sunday.
Well to be fair it's not exactly
"World News Tongight With Peter Jennings, tonight presented by Andrew Symonds" is it?