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BBC News Channel General Discussion

(November 2013)

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BA
bilky asko
Ben Geoghegan reporting from the Old Bailey just got interrupted by a man who said he was 'accused of masturbating at a Tube station, even though he did nothing of the sort'. Back to Julian, then...


I hate to ask, but can you clarify that the man was referring to himself, and not making a cloaked, scurrilous accusation towards the reporter?
VM
VMPhil
Ben Geoghegan reporting from the Old Bailey just got interrupted by a man who said he was 'accused of masturbating at a Tube station, even though he did nothing of the sort'. Back to Julian, then...


I hate to ask, but can you clarify that the man was referring to himself, and not making a cloaked, scurrilous accusation towards the reporter?

The man was referring to himself:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews (rewind to 16:43)

Here's my recorded-from-the-live-stream video, so it's a bit stuttery in places because my computer isn't exactly brand new, so if anyone has a better quality version feel free to upload it:

[media:f4ea29990a]http://up.metropol247.co.uk/082014/1407946812_987424557.mov[/media:f4ea29990a]
Last edited by VMPhil on 13 August 2014 5:21pm
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AN
Andrew Founding member
Well people who interrupt live broadcasts can often be described as w....., in this case it looks like it might be true Very Happy
CR
Critique
Why are overnight headlines on the ticker on the NC during the simulcast with World so short? During the day they're not excessively long but they go into a basic amount of detail, whilst overnight instead of something like 'UK unemployment rate falls to 6.4% in three months to June, according to Office for National Statistics', you get 'UK unemployment falls to 6.4%'.
TM
tmorgan96
That's what the BBC World News ticker has been like for the past month or so. Just a really short headline.

They must do the same that CNN International does with their flipper and just copy-paste the headlines from their news site.
HA
harshy Founding member
Why are overnight headlines on the ticker on the NC during the simulcast with World so short? During the day they're not excessively long but they go into a basic amount of detail, whilst overnight instead of something like 'UK unemployment rate falls to 6.4% in three months to June, according to Office for National Statistics', you get 'UK unemployment falls to 6.4%'.

The ticker on bbc world news is different, can't see why it would affect the news channel.
MI
m_in_m
Presumably during the day one person is responsible for the BBC News Channel ticker and a separate person for the BBC World ticker. Maybe overnight the same person is responsibl for both.
GM
Gary McEwan
I've noticed it at 5am as well. Only reason I can think of is that the NC joins World albeit for generic BBC News bulletins throughout the night.

Hence the World ticker being on the NC...
DO
dosxuk
Why are overnight headlines on the ticker on the NC during the simulcast with World so short? During the day they're not excessively long but they go into a basic amount of detail, whilst overnight instead of something like 'UK unemployment rate falls to 6.4% in three months to June, according to Office for National Statistics', you get 'UK unemployment falls to 6.4%'.


That probably means the ticker is being fed from the same data as used for the website and interactive services.

There's not much point paying someone to look after the UK ticker overnight when there's a source of headlines already being maintained in the building and such a small number of viewers.
NE
Newsroom
Complete fail at the opening of the One. No titles, no video, just Reeta reading to camera. First report failed half way through, Reeta went to a live report. Something seriously wrong there this afternoon.
SA
salfordjohn
BBC News at 1 intro completely messed up. Camera suddenly zoomed back, then no headline drums, no headline pics, Reeta C did the whole headlines and intro in-vision, then no titles - she just had to continue with Good Afternoon......
SP
Spectacular1
One O Clock news absolute shambles!

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