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BEEB's Royal Death announcement is changed
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Well I know this should really go in Broadcasting, but I felt it merited a discussion in GD.
Daily Mail (I don't often read it) have apparently downgraded various senior royals and other heads of states when it comes to announcing their death.
Currrently the revised ellite list now stands as
HM Queen
Prince Philip
Prince of Wales
Prince William
Whom if dies will trigger a simultaneous interuption accross all the BBC's Network and Local Radio and TV services (like they did when Queen Mom died).
The other list which was known as category 2, has gone and now known as the notable list which include the Prime Minster, Prince Harry, Princess Ann, Prince Andrew and the Earl of Wessex, leader of the oposition party and President of the USA, the new list also include other notable figures including Mohammed Ali and Bob Dylan.
Those in the new list will be treated as Major Breaking news but the ammount of coverage will depend on the circumstances and public interest.
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To be honest I think this is better, although as much i hate to say this I do think PM, Harry and who ever is the current President of the USA should be in it.
But on saying that, the last one would be all over the news channels and the internet in mintues anyway!
Daily Mail (I don't often read it) have apparently downgraded various senior royals and other heads of states when it comes to announcing their death.
Currrently the revised ellite list now stands as
HM Queen
Prince Philip
Prince of Wales
Prince William
Whom if dies will trigger a simultaneous interuption accross all the BBC's Network and Local Radio and TV services (like they did when Queen Mom died).
The other list which was known as category 2, has gone and now known as the notable list which include the Prime Minster, Prince Harry, Princess Ann, Prince Andrew and the Earl of Wessex, leader of the oposition party and President of the USA, the new list also include other notable figures including Mohammed Ali and Bob Dylan.
Those in the new list will be treated as Major Breaking news but the ammount of coverage will depend on the circumstances and public interest.
Online Link
To be honest I think this is better, although as much i hate to say this I do think PM, Harry and who ever is the current President of the USA should be in it.
But on saying that, the last one would be all over the news channels and the internet in mintues anyway!
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I agree that the PM or the US President should come under Category 1 ???
I am just glad that I have 1000's of songs to listen to & a sh!tload of dvd's to watch. As when the queen kicks the bucket, you won't be able to turn on the tv, without her mug on there. If you think it was bad when Diana was bumped off by her former Mother in Law. Then it is going to be a whole lot worst when the Xmasday yawnfest passes.
I'd rather wait until the 6 o clock news anyway.
I don't like any celebrities, all the MP's are criminals and I don't like the Royal Family.
They should wait their turn on TV - I don't want Casualty or anything else interrupted.
Prince Henry of Wales isn't a royal? Since when :eek:
I think you're wrong actually - The Queen is fairly advanced in years and, whilst she is is rude health at the moment, her demise, when it comes, is likely to be well signposted and expected.
Diana's death was a huge shock and she was very young and had two young children. Plus there was the "soap opera" life she led. None of that applies to QEll.
And she doesn't have the showbiz friends that Diana had, who were all to willing to spill the beans on their conversations and so on. It would all be much more discreet and respectful.
Oh let's not go there..... please ................
Oh, is that what they meant then? I really hate that stupid rumour
Funnily enough when I was watching the Brits the other night it occured to me that Harry is really starting to resemble Charlie now - thats a really GOOD thing, but also a really BAD thing
I don't think he should - they have the Monarch and the two heirs - they don't need it to go any further. If anything were to happen to Charles or William then Harry would move up to category 1.
harry is a royal
A foreign president should never be cat 1
Surely Peter took those with him when they parted company
The US President is not JUST " a foreign president "
I beg to differ.
I hate the way everything in America is 'Breaking news' to us
When on earth do they give a shit what goes on here.
Who here gives a shit what goes on there?
America isn't centre of the world!
Essentially he is. Nothing more that the Presidents of China, India, Russia etc...
But Britain's fallen in love America, we should replace Mexico with the UK.
Yes, why on earth isn't the PM there? If he died shouldn't we all know or is there a security problem?
And yes, Harry. But if the President of the USA is there wouldn't it make sense to include the President of the EU who actually has direct influence over us.
I'm not sayiing they shouldn't be there - simply that HE should.
You may be right - but it would be such a massive story in international terms that I don't see how the BEEB could NOT interrupt programming for it
FYI, it's "Barack Obama".
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Category 1 is sustained repercussions of up to 120 news bulletins/hour, right? Maximum news destruction.