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Whatever happened to The News?
duckymallard
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In my younger days, Robert Dougal, Richard Baker etc, came into our houses and told us about the important things that had been happening, either here at home, or abroad.
Now, just look at the BBC, which is funded by the people of the United Kingdom.
We have a lady murdered in Bristol.
We have "possible review" of Doctor David Kelly's death.
But what takes the top headline?
A bunch of overpaid sportsmen winning a stupid cricket trophy!!!
Priorities, what priorities?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Now, just look at the BBC, which is funded by the people of the United Kingdom.
We have a lady murdered in Bristol.
We have "possible review" of Doctor David Kelly's death.
But what takes the top headline?
A bunch of overpaid sportsmen winning a stupid cricket trophy!!!
Priorities, what priorities?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
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Surely though the Kelly death and Bristol murder has had enough reporting for now.
So a stupid little game played by one quarter of the United Kingdom should take priority over the deaths of 2 human beings?
No wonder no-one likes the English!
Ach I wiz jist havin' a wee joke.
No offence meant
Awwww bless, how much coverage of grief do you want? would you like the news channels to just bombard you with depressing news and throw in a box of kleenex as well?
Ehm no actually.
However I would expect a News organisation to place the death of a human being above a stupid bloody game of cricket.
Not rocket science really.
Are you Scottish perchance? What a joke thread, did you do cuntry dancing instead of sport at school?
Don't worry you'll fit right in with some others on here.
If you can hate USA and Israel too they'll love it more.
Anyhow I am out of your thread don't want to stay where I'm hated.
Your spelling is only surpassed by your ignorance.
Or perhaps you'd like to ask these folks if they'd really like to see Cricket as the No.1 story?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12087655
To me that isn't important unless it is of national interest and news worthy.
But still at least half an hour in every hour is a sports "round up."
I find myself going to other TV channel's to get the UK news. US channels and European news channels are far more interesting.
Bying a decent newspaper everyday is a nuisance and costly. So I usually catch up with current events on the internet.
Englands win happened overnight. There have been no more developements in the Bristol murder overnight.
When people say listeners want to stay informed, is this because that's what they were told years ago and did whoever told them it only say it because it's what they were told during some war or other?
What you really mean is "Cricket is stupid to me, so why is it a headline?"
A national sporting win is more newsworthy than the death of one person.
Because it is newsworthy.
Watch Al Jazeera, it's the only intelligent news channel, Sky news and the BBC are for celeb news.
Quite.
As for the news having "gone downhill" a Cypriot I worked with back in the late 70s couldn't believe that wars and famine took a backseat to a vicar shooting a sparrow that had flown into the church. As he muttered at the time, "Only the English..."