Hi Foldie,
You and I are clearly not going to agree on this topic.
Originally Posted by Foldie
Forgive me but I think you are being disingenuous in your above post. Either that or you are not military or set your standards very low!
That type of comment does not do you any favours and yes when I served in the military the ships were made of wood and the men made of steel. Horatio Nelson was still an able seaman and the Dead Sea had not even reported sick, but what does this have to do with the price of chips...
As long as I did my duty as best I could, and as long as I looked both smart and professional, plus my bosses were happy with my performance, then I could not care one fig what some civilian, or retired person thought. I was doing my best and what the 'audience' thought is down to them!
I looked at the celebration and formed my own opinions, the commentary was 'background noise'
Originally Posted by Foldie
The BBC's coverage of the military tribute and the Thames flotilla has been criticised largely and thoroughly by a broad section of British society here, in the written media and on the BBC! The BBC alone received over 4500 complaints - an unprecedented figure in modern day visual media presentation. As I stated, in closing, in my complaint to the BBC (#149 on Page 8):
Your choice of the words '
criticised largely' is again perhaps highlighting standards, and are you guilty of a slight exaggeration? We can all have opinions and
IF there were 4500 complaints then so be it. I will down grade the audience figures and call them just 10million, it was over that but for ease of figures lets call it that.
Your large amount of criticism is what? Is it 0.045% of the audience? If not then blame my medicated brain for not performing but if it is then would I, as a producer be happy with that type of figure? Yes we can suggest others were upset and did not bother to complain but I could also suggest that well over 10 million viewers were happy with what they saw, we can only deal with the figures in front of us.
You can please some of the people some of the time,
but you are NEVER going to please all the people,
all of the time!
Originally Posted by Foldie
Are we expecting to hear specialist knowledge that will cater to those that insist or demand it? I say - Frankly, YES! They used to employ experts and people who were prepared to put in the effort beforehand - not any more. Now you get some no brain who thinks that he/she is more important than the event and is prepared to cuff it on the day!
I to have rose tinted glasses and yes things may well have been better many Moons ago, but did we have continual coverage that lasted in excess of 5 - 6hrs? Did one specialist attempt to give detailed information on all the Armed Services for that length of time?? I think not.
We certainly never had the high definition cameras that could pick out the fine detail of a soldier's uniform and also give such great footage of the event. Instead we relied on our imagination to form an opinion of what was good, bad or indifferent. (Thinking back to one channel TV with just 405 lines).
Incidentally I channel flipped in an attempt to find the best coverage and YES I am VERY picky when it comes to military 'turn out'
Were you happy with the professionalism of your service and boo whoo to any commentator that might not have our specialist, detailed knowledge we might have regarding our own specific service.