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New BBC News trailers
PrinceOfDenmark
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The BBC seems to have decided that the 10 o'clock news needs to be trailed like it's a soap opera.
Continuity announcer on BBC 2 at 9pm tonight... "A mother is charged with the murder of 3 children, and Bernie Ecclestone stands trial for bribery. Get the latest at 10 o'clock on BBC 1"
Will there ever be an end to the dumbing down? >:(
Continuity announcer on BBC 2 at 9pm tonight... "A mother is charged with the murder of 3 children, and Bernie Ecclestone stands trial for bribery. Get the latest at 10 o'clock on BBC 1"
Will there ever be an end to the dumbing down? >:(
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Surely people either tune into the news because they want to watch it?
Would it matter to wait that extra minute where they have the initial headlines before the main titles roll?
I'm slighly annoying by credit squeezing in general so this is a double whammy
You seem to have entirely missed the point, but thanks for contributing
In what way is it dumbing down?
Seems like a good idea, a quick synopsis so the viewer might decide to stay tuned..viewer might see further news from home and around the world that they might not be aware of and might not have tuned in for otherwise.
How is encouraging people to watch the news, or even just the headlines dumbing down.
You've hit the nail on the head - it is classless.
When the national broadcaster joins the race for the bottom it undermines the valid reasons for its unique status. All part of a larger plan to manage it out of existence I fear
The most polite way of putting this, is that you're talking a load of absolute garbage. It's not classless and there's nothing wrong with giving a few seconds snippet of what'll be on the news. I'm absolutely staggered that people consider it classless etc. Get over yourselves.
A promo read by the newsreader completely separate from anything else, like they always used to do it, is the classy way to do it.
Oh don't be so old fashioned, news provision is a very competitive market and it makes sense for broadcasters to do a little razmattaz and hype with it.
Not classless using the murders of three children as a teaser to promote yourself?
You must have very low standards.
A "three children are murdered by their mother" teaser is simply "a little razmattaz" in a competitive market
Don't be ridiculous, of course that's not what I meant and you know it!
They're not even trying to promote the news, let alone 'tease' people into watching it. Jeez! There's NOTHING wrong with it. Get over yourself. This has been going on for years, yet now you choose to go "wah wah wah whinge whinge whinge"? You don't even have to watch the news if you see that, you may not want to watch the news, but you might be happy enough receiving a very very brief summary on a couple of big stories.
Next thing he'll be complaining that the actual news headlines are tasteless promotion!
You must have a field day with Sky News- install their app on your phone and they send you push notifications to constantly remind you of Oscar Pistorious, that missing flight, the McCanns. Do they have low standards?
There is no need to tell you whats coming up on the news less than a minute before the news is about to start.
Why not?
Not every one tunes in for the news, a viewer might be thinking of changing channels, making a brew and so on but then hears the headlines and stays tuned to catch further information.
It seems some are basing what others do or should do based solely on their own viewing.
Funny that.