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Reporting of M62 shooting-more London bias?
In the reporting of the M62 shooting on BBC1 and Radio Four (which just happened to be the stations I watched/listened to this morning rather than picking them out in particular), it's noticeable that, although in both cases it was the top headline, the reports were just for a minute or so and then moved on. Radio Four's feature item after the news was on house building. Now I'might not arguing for news items going on and on for their own sake. That happens too often, but can you imagine what the reporting would have been if it had happened in London? It'seems unlikely that it would have been a brief report.
On a slightly different note. It'seems being reported that the shooting happened at 1800 last last night but there was no mention of it on the news yesterday. How come it's only being reported now? |
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There is almost no information available. That will limit how long the report will go on for. How London bias comes into this I have no idea.
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There is almost no information available. That will limit how long the report will go on for. How London bias comes into this I have no idea.
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There is almost no information available. That will limit how long the report will go on for. How London bias comes into this I have no idea.
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The point is that, if it was London, for better or worse, they would have several reporters st the scene going into endless detail, whether or not there was anything substantial to talk about.
But this has to be a first for DS - a news report based on facts rather than speculation, and still that is somehow wrong. Even Sky News is only carrying the basic details (as that would seem to be all that they know too: http://news.sky.com/story/man-killed...orway-10716419 |
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In the reporting of the M62 shooting on BBC1 and Radio Four (which just happened to be the stations I watched/listened to this morning rather than picking them out in particular), it's noticeable that, although in both cases it was the top headline, the reports were just for a minute or so and then moved on. Radio Four's feature item after the news was on house building. Now I'might not arguing for news items going on and on for their own sake. That happens too often, but can you imagine what the reporting would have been if it had happened in London? It'seems unlikely that it would have been a brief report.
On a slightly different note. It'seems being reported that the shooting happened at 1800 last last night but there was no mention of it on the news yesterday. How come it's only being reported now? |
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The point is that, if it was London, for better or worse, they would have several reporters st the scene going into endless detail, whether or not there was anything substantial to talk about.
Local papers don't seem to have any more. Huddersfield Daily Examiner YEP What bias are they showing? |
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It could well be that an embargo has been placed on reporting for the present.
In the meantime, I note that the BBC web site report now contains an eye witness report which says "At about 6.15am to 6.20am policemen were running up the slope to an ambulance and beckoning them to come quickly.", while the top of the page states that the incident happened around 6pm last night. It just shows how unreliable eye witness reports, or the reporting of those reports, can be. Edit at 0908: I see that the BBC have now removed the "am". |
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And on the 7am Breakfast news there was a reporter live on the scene (or, more correctly, as close to the scene as the police cordon and access would allow).
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Not everything that happens in London is reported by the BBC. I have been on many marches and protests in London and yet none were reported. nor were the ones all over the country. The only place that was reporting them was Russia today .
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LOL, I thought this thread was going to be about a shooting that happened in/ around London (apart from a few, I've generally no idea which M-way is where
) that was reported and the OP was going to compare it to similar shootings around the country that weren't reported.The OP's claiming bias simply because he assumes that had it happened it London, it would naturally have received more coverage than it did.
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Not everything that happens in London is reported by the BBC. I have been on many marches and protests in London and yet none were reported. nor were the ones all over the country. The only place that was reporting them was Russia today .
![]() Who wants to read that a group from Rent-a-Mob have caused traffic chaos marching with the professionally produced banners that they have been supplied with. It probably would be more newsworthy in London if there had been no one marching on that day. |
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Good.
Who wants to read that a group from Rent-a-Mob have caused traffic chaos marching with the professionally produced banners that they have been supplied with. It probably would be more newsworthy in London if there had been no one marching on that day. |
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Other people who are as fed up with what is going on as those marching , so they know they are not alone in their struggle.
Perhaps these marches are really false flag operations organised by the Russians or Chinese to try and cause riots and looting. Maybe the stupid masks hide the fact it's the same crisis actors from a 'terrorist' attack a few weeks earlier. This conspiracy crap really is easy to make up. |
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Yet they hide behind those silly masks so who knows who's marching.
Perhaps these marches are really false flag operations organised by the Russians or Chinese to try and cause riots and looting. Maybe the stupid masks hide the fact it's the same crisis actors from a 'terrorist' attack a few weeks earlier. This conspiracy crap really is easy to make up. |
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Headline news on the BBC 1 o'clock now with a live reporter there.
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Named locally as Yassar Yaqub.
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You're accusing a news programme made in Salford of London bias?
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I do wonder if this incident had occurred on the M25 or the southern end of the M1 if the coverage this morning would have been considerably greater and more blanket, but heck it's only Huddersfield who cares what's in Huddersfield or should I say who that matters, cares what's in Huddersfield.
The BBC would have dragged the head of the Met on screen for having the motorway closed for more than 12 hours by now. Heck we get greater coverage of any shooting in America than this event. Mind you do have to question the whole editorial policy when the same stupid report on the increase in sales of vinyl records is on at the same time every hour. Is that all they've got to show? |
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I do wonder if this incident had occurred on the M25 or the southern end of the M1 if the coverage this morning would have been considerably greater and more blanket, but heck it's only Huddersfield who cares what's in Huddersfield or should I say who that matters, cares what's in Huddersfield.
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I agree with the OP. There very little said about it in comparison to other shootings we've heard about.
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I agree with the OP. There very little said about it in comparison to other shootings we've heard about.
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In the reporting of the M62 shooting on BBC1 and Radio Four (which just happened to be the stations I watched/listened to this morning rather than picking them out in particular), it's noticeable that, although in both cases it was the top headline, the reports were just for a minute or so and then moved on. Radio Four's feature item after the news was on house building. Now I'might not arguing for news items going on and on for their own sake. That happens too often, but can you imagine what the reporting would have been if it had happened in London? It'seems unlikely that it would have been a brief report.
On a slightly different note. It'seems being reported that the shooting happened at 1800 last last night but there was no mention of it on the news yesterday. How come it's only being reported now? In London there are many issues like this occurring, typically they do not get on the national news, often a smaller piece on BBC London News, - London gets full Regional news for Londoners. And quite often only in the Evening standard or Metro and not TV News. So if it happened in London, often not on TV News. |
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In the reporting of the M62 shooting on BBC1 and Radio Four (which just happened to be the stations I watched/listened to this morning rather than picking them out in particular), it's noticeable that, although in both cases it was the top headline, the reports were just for a minute or so and then moved on. Radio Four's feature item after the news was on house building. Now I'might not arguing for news items going on and on for their own sake. That happens too often, but can you imagine what the reporting would have been if it had happened in London? It'seems unlikely that it would have been a brief report.
On a slightly different note. It'seems being reported that the shooting happened at 1800 last last night but there was no mention of it on the news yesterday. How come it's only being reported now? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-en...leeds-38468327 Posted at 7:00 Posted at 7:00 Good morning. Welcome to our live coverage of news, sport, travel and weather updates from across West Yorkshire. Julia Bryson Journalist, BBC Local Live I'll be with you until 18:00. We've had a big breaking news story overnight after a man was shot dead by police near Huddersfield. Slip roads east and westbound at junction 24 of the M62 remain closed as a result of the incident. More travel news shortly |
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I do wonder if this incident had occurred on the M25 or the southern end of the M1 if the coverage this morning would have been considerably greater and more blanket,
If it had happened on the M25, half of south-east England would have ground to a halt, which would have been newsworthy in itself. |
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