Live manhunt on BBC News

#1

Post by matkem » Fri, Jul 09, 2010, 10:07 PM UTC

Live manhunt on BBC News
news.bbc.co.uk

Re: Live manhunt on BBC News

#2

Post by tsestrich » Fri, Jul 09, 2010, 10:23 PM UTC

Would be interesting, but "not available in [my] territory" (USA)

Re: Live manhunt on BBC News

#3

Post by wglb » Fri, Jul 09, 2010, 10:31 PM UTC

Not HN.

Re: Live manhunt on BBC News

#4

Post by matkem » Fri, Jul 09, 2010, 10:36 PM UTC

wglb wrote: post #3

Not HN.

Raoul Moat is THE hacker at the moment - so I have to disagree with you on that one.

Re: Live manhunt on BBC News

#5

Post by matkem » Fri, Jul 09, 2010, 10:38 PM UTC

tsestrich wrote: post #2

Would be interesting, but "not available in [my] territory" (USA)

Don't worry, we can't even watch clips from our TV broadcasters on YouTube because they're not available in the UK.

Re: Live manhunt on BBC News

#6

Post by piehen » Fri, Jul 09, 2010, 11:17 PM UTC

This is really horrible stuff. Reporters frustrated that the stand-off isn't like in films ("Are you SURE there's no shouting and imploring people not to do things?!"), harassment of a poor women, reduced to tears as her elderley mother is trapped in her house surrounded by snipers, BREAKING NEWS as a van speeds by ("Oh, it was a dog van"). What is it now? 6 hours coverage with 20 minutes worth of actual developments?

24 hour rolling news has it's uses, but flogging an armed horse isn't one of them.