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They interrupted 606 on 5 Live for a Carrie Fisher special? |
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They interrupted 606 on 5 Live for a Carrie Fisher special?
Sad she died but er WTF
what is going on? |
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Sad she died but er WTF
what is going on? |
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Even as a football fan I know somebody passing away is more important than a phone in..
Cannot really complain. Seems to be back on anyway. |
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A 5 Live producer did not feel it was possible to interrupt coverage of a Croatia Football match to announce the Political Assassination of the 21st Century. (Jo Cox).
They waited till "half time" to tell us that a British MP had been murdered in the street a few days before the Eu Referendum. I don't think it is unreasonable to conclude that 5 Live is "broken". |
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A 5 Live producer did not feel it was possible to interrupt coverage of a Croatia Football match to announce the Political Assassination of the 21st Century. (Jo Cox).
They waited till "half time" to tell us that a British MP had been murdered in the street a few days before the Eu Referendum. On that day they had a full report at half time and then cancelled the post match phone in for a news special at 4pm. Her death wasn't announced until around 5pm at a police news conference. |
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Never listen to it myself, but isn't 5 Live a sport and breaking news station ?
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no it wasnt "she died" it was a 20 minute "special"
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A 5 Live producer did not feel it was possible to interrupt coverage of a Croatia Football match to announce the Political Assassination of the 21st Century. (Jo Cox).
They waited till "half time" to tell us that a British MP had been murdered in the street a few days before the Eu Referendum. I don't think it is unreasonable to conclude that 5 Live is "broken". |
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It wasn't Croatia, it was England v Wales (16 June).
On that day they had a full report at half time and then cancelled the post match phone in for a news special at 4pm. Her death wasn't announced until around 5pm at a police news conference. Wrong call IMHO. |
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Minor British politician.
5 Live is a British radio station and I am (obviously) discussing British Politics..... A Political murder by the Alt-right/Far Right (confirmed later) is a huge.....huge story. Slightly more important than the early stages of a Football tournament. |
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Wow.
5 Live is a British radio station and I am (obviously) discussing British Politics..... A Political murder by the Alt-right/Far Right (confirmed later) is a huge.....huge story. Slightly more important than the early stages of a Football tournament. I would define a political assassination by the Far Right as one by an organised group. This one was done by a lone nutcase. |
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I would define a political assassination by the Far Right as one by an organised group. This one was done by a lone nutcase.
The medical evidence presented (none) indicated that the trigger/motivation for the crime was not as you suggest. |
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"Celebrity" deaths have become newsworthy over Christmas and they now take precedence over anything else.
At 3pm this afternoon BBC News had "breaking news" that Richard Adams, author of "Watership Down" had died. It was a blatant attempt to grab viewers because they know that viewers will go, "Oh look another one dead. Isn't it awful?" Sky's 3pm bulletin began with the live shots outside George Michael's Highgate home while reporting how generous he was. Liz Smith was another, announced yesterday, and now Carrie Fisher. I can almost see the newsroom editors desperately searching for as many deaths as possible, no matter how obscure the deceased, in order to get the ratings. The way it's going they'll be reporting tomorrow that a contestant from "The Generation Game" in 1975 has died with live reporting from outside the home where he lived in Oldham. They'll tell us what prizes he remembered on the conveyor belt at the end. Talking of conveyor belts . . . . . |
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Reading the above it seems 5 live is damned if it does, damned if it doesn't. I've no doubt each situation is judged on its merits versus what is being broadcast at the time. On the whole I think the editors and producers make the right judgments and are quick to adapt the schedule to bring us important breaking news as it happens, but they are human and not every call is clear cut.
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"Celebrity" deaths have become newsworthy over Christmas and they now take precedence over anything else.
Calling her a "celebrity" in supposedly ironic quote marks is just childish. |
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You appear incapable of following the details of a criminal trial so I have no idea why you are "chatting" about it on an Entertainment Forum.
The medical evidence presented (none) indicated that the trigger/motivation for the crime was not as you suggest. |
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"Celebrity" deaths have become newsworthy over Christmas and they now take precedence over anything else.
At 3pm this afternoon BBC News had "breaking news" that Richard Adams, author of "Watership Down" had died. It was a blatant attempt to grab viewers because they know that viewers will go, "Oh look another one dead. Isn't it awful?" Sky's 3pm bulletin began with the live shots outside George Michael's Highgate home while reporting how generous he was. Liz Smith was another, announced yesterday, and now Carrie Fisher. I can almost see the newsroom editors desperately searching for as many deaths as possible, no matter how obscure the deceased, in order to get the ratings. The way it's going they'll be reporting tomorrow that a contestant from "The Generation Game" in 1975 has died with live reporting from outside the home where he lived in Oldham. They'll tell us what prizes he remembered on the conveyor belt at the end. Talking of conveyor belts . . . . . |
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