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Criticism of BBC sport coverage.
"It’s been a bit Alan Partridge’: Ex-BBC legend Lynam savages coverage."
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/t-bit-alan-partridge-ex-bbc-legend-lynam-131043833.html
"It’s been a bit Alan Partridge’: Ex-BBC legend Lynam savages coverage."
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/t-bit-alan-partridge-ex-bbc-legend-lynam-131043833.html
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a26618/des-lynam-regrets-move-to-itv.html
Well, at least an hour.
The trolls really need to try harder....
It's a news article from today, directly relevant to broadcasting, in which a fairly well-respected former BBC sports presenter is giving his views about the Beeb's Commonwealth Games coverage. Now sure how that is "trolling".
Having said that, I saw some bits of the CG's and I thought the BBC coverage was pretty decent.
Because the OP has titled it to be controversial, they haven't even put the title in inverted commas to represent it is a view of someone else just to start the same debate that goes on day after day on here with the same comments.
Seems a bit harsh to criticise the BBC for speaking to the medals winners from all sports.
Learning about and hearing from those successful in minority sports is all part of the multi-sport events.
Its a break from the endless excuses of footballers and the like.
I think people might agree there is too much waffle at times whilst action is going on.
BTW Some of those comments in that article are very libellous towards Clare Blading!
I was just going to write something similar. What does he do now, I can't remember seeing him for ages.
(From 1min 15secs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWe1mwmoAUc
;-)
It takes only a minute to see that O/P has started 10 threads with 'BBC' in the title in the last 18 months, all of them negative towards the BBC. So if not trolling, it's definitely indicative of an anti-BBC agenda - as is the thread title, which is misleading.
As for Lynam, well he's entitled to his opinion about the BBC Commonwealth Games evening sports highlights programme but it's not something I had noticed. He's not on the BBC these days is he? Smacks of sour grapes - a better comment would have been about the excessive amount of inane commentary during races and other events. It isn't radio, we can see! But all TV channels suffer from that.
He deeply regrets jumping ship to ITV to present their disastrous Premiership highlights programme. He was never comfortable at ITV, which was obvious on screen, and his career disappeared into nothing from there.
Agreed it was pretty decent.
However, given his past record, i'll join in and say the OP is trolling.
Lynam doesn't really savage the coverage in the article, he just doesn't seem to like the "Tonight at the Games" programme.
I bet that he would jumped at the chance to present it if he had been asked by the BBC! It is just the sort of programme he would have done in the past.
That was my point really.
He seemed to suggest no-one cares about hearing from medal winners in minority sports so its a waste of time having them on but surely Des himself has interview many such people in his era of presenting at the Olympics etc.
As I say its part of what these multi-sporting events are about - hearing about and from sportsmen/women we usually wouldn't bat an eyelid at beforehand and potentially afterwards...
Ok it would probably just be a one to on interview in a studio without all the flashy music and live audience but think that was just set up due to the fact the games were "local" - I doubt any highlights programme will be as such in Rio or the Gold Coast.
In general he might be another one of those "in my day..." type people who like to compare the past with the present/future.
I didn't see it, although I watched a lot of the games coverage, as I didn't think it would appeal to me. I just pick and choose the things I want to watch which has always struck me as a better option than watching things I don't like and then criticising them for the sake of it.
Posting and then discussing a mix of subjects? Not trolling.
Repeatedly starting only negative stories on a single subject, and then not discussing them much? Getting a lot closer to trolling. IMO.
Fair enough, I don't typically check an OP's posting history. The thread title is misleading, even if it does features terms which Des used in his article.