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Siggy 23 January 2021 12:38am

Anglia/East of England News Discussion

Another long serving BBC Look East reporter has announced their departure. Kevin Burch.

So from the man who's spent 40 years bringing you breaking news, some breaking news. I'm finally leaving the BBC! It's been a joyous ride and a tough decision to make, but you know when the moment's right. I've been privileged to meet so many wonderful people .. 1/3
— Kevin Burch (@kevindburch) January 22, 2021

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Siggy 21 January 2021 2:50pm

Joe Biden's Inauguaration

London Lite posted:

harshy posted:

I think The coverage was overboard, when the uk recorded the worst deaths of the pandemic and floods in various parts of the country, we could have done with bbc world news in the UK, with UK outlets concentrated on events here and if you were really interested watch the world news channel for the United States stuff.

Considering ITV also dedicated two and a half hours to the inauguration, even they thought they should capture history in the making.

On the day itself, people affected had access to BBC local radio and the internet for any urgent news about the floods.

Indeed. To be fair (and with no disrespect regarding death numbers etc) the pandemic is ongoing. There probably isn’t anything new they could have told audiences that they aren’t already aware of; same as the floods. If anything dramatically changed they could have interrupted proceedings.

The inauguration was the most important event taking place at that time. Isn’t that how news works?!