Indeed, if you were to be watching the BBC News channel at around 14:25 this afternoon, you would have seen a piece about Lauren Bacall, explaining and demonstrating why she was regarded as such an icon of the silver screen (so no excuse to remain ignorant of the facts there)
I have to admit to being a bit tongue-in-cheek when I pleaded ignorance and I did recognise her after I clicked on the headline, I'd just momentarily forgotten her name. Yeah she was good but it was a long time ago and I stand by my general point, I think there's too much celebrity news that creeps into the main news.
I have to admit to being a bit tongue-in-cheek when I pleaded ignorance and I did recognise her after I clicked on the headline, I'd just momentarily forgotten her name. Yeah she was good but it was a long time ago and I stand by my general point, I think there's too much celebrity news that creeps into the main news.
Yes, it was a long time ago, that's why her death was not the main headline (as someone questioned earlier), and that's why there has been less coverage and why the story has been much lower down the schedule.
Yes, it was a long time ago, that's why her death was not the main headline (as someone questioned earlier), and that's why there has been less coverage and why the story has been much lower down the schedule.
Well, as it happens, the BBC1 6 o'clock news got it exactly right, pretty well as I previously suggested, in fact. They reported her death and reviewed her career at the end of the bulletin, between a football report about a tablet ban, and the weather forecast.
and the rest of the BBC ticker message that you left off was:
TO CHAIR A CRISIS MEETING ON IRAQ
Whilst the start of the News ticker message was
DOWNING ST: (to indicate that it was a statement from Downing Street rather than just a news item)
So the full ticker message is
BREAKING NEWS:: DOWNING ST: DAVID CAMERON RETURNS FROM HOLIDAY TO CHAIR A CRISIS MEETING ON IRAQ
Which gives an entirely different meaning really , especially in the context of recent events in Iraq, recent calls for greater involvement, calls for the recall of Parliament and criticisms that the top men in Government were all away on holiday at this time.
Serious question to Grouty. Why did you mis-represent the story so badly?
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I have to admit to being a bit tongue-in-cheek when I pleaded ignorance and I did recognise her after I clicked on the headline, I'd just momentarily forgotten her name. Yeah she was good but it was a long time ago and I stand by my general point, I think there's too much celebrity news that creeps into the main news.
I probably should've done
Well, as it happens, the BBC1 6 o'clock news got it exactly right, pretty well as I previously suggested, in fact. They reported her death and reviewed her career at the end of the bulletin, between a football report about a tablet ban, and the weather forecast.
Credit where credit is due, well done BBC1 News.
Serious question to Grouty. Why did you mis-represent the story so badly?