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Royal and Celebrity news overrides Real News at 'Tabloid BBC'
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by Beaulieu | September 17, 2009 at 01:33 am
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As a cyclist, reading about cyclists dying under lorries in London in local newspapers, the BBC appears to barely report numerous 'real news' stories, instead prefering celebrities and royals over them.
Why is it that I cannot find the story of a cyclist death on the BBC but only in a minor newspaper? Even pedestrians who are killed on our streets are either not mentioned or there is only a tiny paragraph on it but there is a massive story about a royal or a Hollywood actor?
We are forced to have a deluge of Prince Harry's romance 'news stories', often on the front pages. Many of us do not want to read about the royals yet we have to put up with it and no one says, 'we don't want to read about the royals', we want real news'.
I am expecting an email from the BBC, no doubt saying something like, 'we receive so many stories and we cannot fit them all in', yes, that is true to a point but they should say that they prefer to put celebrity and royal news over real news stories, that could in fact save people's lives by at least raising awareness.
There appears to be a celebrity / royal bias.
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at 04:25 on September 17th, 2009
The British Tabloid Press has been like this for Years and now it is Spreading further to so called Mainstream Newspapers and Television. They would rather Report on Tittle Tattle stuff and disregard the Real News. Some People love this sort of Stuff especially when the Royals make Fools of themselves by doing or Saying something they Shouldnt, They same with Celebritys. It seems when a Cyclist or Pedestrian gets Killed on the Road it does not Rate as important News anymore.Just every so Often you would rather they do Exposé's of certain things that happen of Importance that Affect Peoples Lives , like the increasing amount of Cyclists mainly Women that are Killed by HGV's on London Streets due to bad Infrastructure, also Pedestrians. They are not doing enough to Curb Motorists control of our Cities and Towns.Roads should be Narrowed in order to stop Motorists Speeding,Dedicated Cycle Lanes to protect Cyclists , Traffic free Zones to give Pedetrians Breathing Space in London and all other Towns and Villages. They should also do a Series on the Quality of Life of the Citizens,what has gone wrong with Society, Sink Estates,Robberies ,Burglaries, Family Dischord, Wife Battering ,Murders. I could go on the list is Endless this is the sort of Suff they shoud really be Reporting on.
at 08:36 on September 17th, 2009
I think there needs to be a massive 'overall' of the system.
In the event of a nuclear warning, we would probably only get that after a story about a soap star, but after 4 minutes, we'll probably all be dead.
at 08:40 on September 17th, 2009
I can't say I'm surprised at all
at 10:03 on September 17th, 2009
The reason?
Murdoch and those who back him. The BBC has gone down this road to placate 'the ignorant masses'.
I would rather the BBC go full on face-to-face with Murdoch, but they are too wimpish - certainly not the BBC I remember.
One time MPs/media barons et al were terrified of a BBC report, not any more. All they need to do is shout BBC bias and the rest of the media backs them up and the story is killed.
Rather than parliament and subsidiary bodies saying that BSkyB has to produce quality programming they tell the BBC they have to compete on the level of "The Worlds Worst Turd Fights in History Videos".
IF a UK government had any balls they would simply say that because of competition laws Sky cannot bid for sports exclusives any longer. Sport is a paradigm of a social integrated people so it must be shown to all, at a reduced cost or for free.
Just imagine what that would do to BSkyB AND the over-paid stars we have today.
at 15:25 on September 17th, 2009
I have just received an email from the Complaints Department at the BBC and as I guessed, it was a stock BBC answer; too much to put in it. Oh yes, they just don't want to say that their priorities are celebs and royals do they?
"I understand that you're unhappy that the news of a woman cyclist being killed in East London recently wasn't reported on the BBC online.
The choice of stories to report in our news programmes can be difficult as editorial staff always have more reports than can be fitted into the time available. Their choice has to be selective and no matter how carefully such decisions are made, they're always aware that some people may disagree with them."
I think it may be worth 'looking into the BBC contract'.
Have you noticed that the BBC is just getting worse?