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Old 28-12-2016, 22:35
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Really, I know its a slow news week between Xmas and new year, but this is taking the piss
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:42
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The Ten had US/Israel as its 'top story'; Wiggins second. And, whilst you are welcome to your opinion, that's all it really is. Others obviously disagree.
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Old 29-12-2016, 00:32
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Really, I know its a slow news week between Xmas and new year, but this is taking the piss
You most certainly are.......
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:17
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The Ten had US/Israel as its 'top story'; Wiggins second. And, whilst you are welcome to your opinion, that's all it really is. Others obviously disagree.
Wiggins was the top story at 10.30 on BBC1.

Granted, these things are always subjective, but ITV put Wiggins last and led on the John Kerry speech about Israeli settlements, which would have been my call in the unlikely event I was ever required to make it.

I'm pretty sure that if people were told the two running orders and asked whose was whose, 99% would have guessed it to be the other way round.
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:20
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Granted, these things are always subjective.
Bingo! We have a winner folks, that's all, thanks for coming.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:06
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Old 29-12-2016, 13:30
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Really, I know its a slow news week between Xmas and new year, but this is taking the piss
It was transitory, probably because it was 'breaking' as they say, in a slow news week - nothing to get excited about. 12 hours later, the BBC One News comprised the following stories, in order:

syria
debbie reynolds
GP waiting lists
naming child offenders
medical barcodes
cornwall deaths
chester zoo baby giraffe

The ongoing 'drug package' investigations may be what pushed Wiggo to the top as that makes it much more 'interesting' and they specifically mentioned that.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:31
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Really, I know its a slow news week between Xmas and new year, but this is taking the piss
Completely disagree.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:32
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It was transitory, probably because it was 'breaking' as they say, in a slow news week - nothing to get excited about. 12 hours later, the BBC One News comprised the following stories, in order:

syria
debbie reynolds
GP waiting lists
naming child offenders
medical barcodes
cornwall deaths
chester zoo baby giraffe

The ongoing 'drug package' investigations may be what pushed Wiggo to the top as that makes it much more 'interesting' and they specifically mentioned that.
Excellent post.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:39
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It was transitory, probably because it was 'breaking' as they say, in a slow news week - nothing to get excited about. 12 hours later, the BBC One News comprised the following stories, in order:

syria
debbie reynolds
GP waiting lists
naming child offenders
medical barcodes
cornwall deaths
chester zoo baby giraffe

The ongoing 'drug package' investigations may be what pushed Wiggo to the top as that makes it much more 'interesting' and they specifically mentioned that.
Far too sensible an explanation.
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Old 29-12-2016, 16:22
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The news editors and media in general can't wait for real evidence that Wiggins took performance enhancing drugs. As "tall poppies" go he is the biggest of them all!
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Old 29-12-2016, 22:32
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Wiggins was the top story at 10.30 on BBC1.
Sorry. Forgot they might not simulcast at the same time this time of year
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Old 30-12-2016, 00:00
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The news editors and media in general can't wait for real evidence that Wiggins took performance enhancing drugs. As "tall poppies" go he is the biggest of them all!
There are questions to be answered about him but I was surprised that
the Today programme was making a big thing about some easily available drug being sent out from the UK when it could have been bought in France. They overlooked all sportsmen being very careful about everything they take, watch them picking up water bottles, they only used the only use the one supplied by their own team. I can quite understand them not using locally sourced drugs except for a life-threatening situation.
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Old 31-12-2016, 18:03
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It is a bit pathetic, that a retiring cyclist - gets the top of the BBC news.

When there is hopefully an end to war in Syria, a plane crash in Russia killing nearly a hundred, & a new US President in the new year, with hopefully, with a new & fresh approach to deal with the many messes of our world & his own country. Of course, the Brexit effect has a more local influence - of Course, the EU loving BBC, did not like that result either. Never mind, they will get over it.

So yes, A cyclist retiring is NOT top news by any thinking - except the BBC's thinking it seems.
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Old 31-12-2016, 18:19
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I think it was only top once - the other news is mainly on going..
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Old 31-12-2016, 20:33
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It is a bit pathetic, that a retiring cyclist - gets the top of the BBC news.

When there is hopefully an end to war in Syria, a plane crash in Russia killing nearly a hundred, & a new US President in the new year, with hopefully, with a new & fresh approach to deal with the many messes of our world & his own country. Of course, the Brexit effect has a more local influence - of Course, the EU loving BBC, did not like that result either. Never mind, they will get over it.

So yes, A cyclist retiring is NOT top news by any thinking - except the BBC's thinking it seems.
Though there have been lots of ends of the war in Syria so people do not pay a lot of attention when a new one is claimed.

Russian planes tend to crash quite often so it is again a case of "another one".

There have also been so many stories about the new POTUS and mostly speculation. I suspect that even when he is inaugurated there will continue to be so many stories (and a few might be true) that people will soon get bored.
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Old 31-12-2016, 21:20
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Right now the BBC are covering the ceasefire in Syria, whereas Sky News are jabbering on about the new year celebrations in London. Typical for a trivia obsessed, London centric commercial broadcaster. It should have it's licence to broadcast revoked!

(Note: sarcasm)
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Old 01-01-2017, 01:15
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Top story about a juiced up athlete? Horrible man
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Old 01-01-2017, 23:31
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^ Except, of course, that there is ZERO evidence of that being a factually accurate statement.
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Old 02-01-2017, 00:57
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Wiggins knighthood proves the British media and political system is rotten to the core.

Can you imanine if his name were Borislav Wigginovsky from Russia, and was found to be tooling up with steriod meds just before several major professional cycling races ?

The British media would be up in arms.
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Old 02-01-2017, 08:06
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^ Except, of course, that there is ZERO evidence of that being a factually accurate statement.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/251213...r-brexit-vote/

Of course no evidence of EU Bias at the BBC either Mr Waring.......
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Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “It beggars belief that the BBC hasn’t declared this funding, instead saying people should ask the EU. It’s far from transparent.

“They already get about £4billion of taxpayers’ money each year. It seems astonishingly greedy for them to be sniffing around for this extra cash
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Old 02-01-2017, 08:35
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/251213...r-brexit-vote/

Of course no evidence of EU Bias at the BBC either Mr Waring.......
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Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “It beggars belief that the BBC hasn’t declared this funding, instead saying people should ask the EU. It’s far from transparent.

“They already get about £4billion of taxpayers’ money each year. It seems astonishingly greedy for them to be sniffing around for this extra cash
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The spokesman (for the BBC} said: “Details of funding are published by the EU for all to see. We have strict rules in place to ensure that any external funding we receive does not comprise our editorial impartiality or integrity – and BBC News does not receive any grant funding from the EU. This funding is for a Research & Development project co-ordinated by Bristol University looking at the use of drones for media production to cover outdoor events – and it will benefit the wider industry. It has no influence on editorial impartiality.”
http://heatst.com/entertainment/the-...-since-brexit/


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Mr Bridgen (who can hardly be described as impartial where the BBC is concerned), obviously needs to educate himself as to the purpose of BBC R&D, and how it is funded, and who benefits.
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:13
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WAMD has a point to an extent - questions and doubts would be raised but he did get the knighthood before this all cropped up!
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:35
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So now he retires, just after he gets his knighthood and following all the doubts about his success.
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:41
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Wiggins knighthood proves the British media and political system is rotten to the core.

Can you imanine if his name were Borislav Wigginovsky from Russia, and was found to be tooling up with steriod meds just before several major professional cycling races ?

The British media would be up in arms.
In fairness, many British sports journalists have been up in arms since the dodgy TUE details were leaked. And British journalists as well as pursuing this story broke & have followed up the suspicious package too.

Wiggins is not getting an easy ride from the British media & rightly so.
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