Hey folks,
Just in case your intrested in regards to the medias coverage of the deaths in afghanistan of the two servicemen , having watched the BBC news i felt so appalled i wrote a snot-o-gram which i logged as an offical complaint with the BBC it read as follows:
Sir/Madam
I would like to draw your attention to what i feel is a injustice
perpetrated by the ten o clock news, I am both shocked,dismayed and
disgusted that the BBC seen fit to devote approximately six minutes and
the top priority to the story of Englands football captain resigning and
a mere two minutes covering the death of two of our this countries
servicemen. I apprexiate that this story may not have been the most
"sexiest" of stories however as a mark of respect the BBC could have
placed this story at the head of the programme, and as for the pitiful
amount of time spent covering the story, is a minute of air time each
all a servicemens life is worth to the BBC?
Regards
xxxxx
Two days later I recieved this reply:
Thank you for your e-mail.
Your concerns that you felt it was inappropriate to lead BBC ONE News programmes
on 2 July with the resignation of David Beckham as England football captain have
been addressed by the Deputy Editor of Daytime News, Ben Rich, on the BBC's
"Editors" online site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/). His response is
as follows:
"Sunday brought one of those editorial dilemmas that we often face.
In the early morning, news came through that two British soldiers had been
killed in Afghanistan. It led the bulletins on radio and television. At around
10.30am, David Beckham resigned as England football captain.
So which of these events should be at the top at lunchtime and later?
We know some of our viewers hate sports stories, and we were also aware that
these tragic deaths in Afghanistan were very important too. Equally, around a
third of the entire UK population watched England's World Cup quarter final, and
it was a huge national as well as sporting event.
Also, when two British soldiers died last week in Afghanistan we not only led
with it, but had a second report from one of our defence correspondents
analysing the controversy over the mission itself, and the equipment our troops
had been given to accomplish it, and another live interview. That previous
coverage was also part of our thinking.
For people who don't like sports stories, the choice would be clear. But if you
accept that the World Cup should be big news, the question is how big? In the
end we put David Beckham at the top, although I suspect even some of our team
thought it should have been the other way round. But then on the same day eight
people were killed in two separate road accidents, and two women were found
murdered at a massage parlour - where did those stories belong?
These sorts of choices confront us most days, and all you can do is weigh the
factors as best you can, and accept that there is more than one valid view on
what course was right."
Please be assured that your feedback has been fully registered on our daily
audience log which is made available senior BBC management.
Thank you, once more, for taking the time to contact the BBC.
Regards
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IMHO folks it still shows a lack of respect and sensetivity from the Beeb
I await any Comments