foxy lady Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Why do the BBC think that what happens in TV programs is News? I do not understand why we need to announce what happens in an episode of Big Brother, Strictly Come Dancing or the Apprentice on the main news. When I watch the news I want news not a load of fluff about non events. Pretty soon the plane that crashes onto a football stadium will be consigned to other news whilst the headlines are all about TV programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabuckle Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Why do the BBC think that what happens in TV programs is News? I do not understand why we need to announce what happens in an episode of Big Brother, Strictly Come Dancing or the Apprentice on the main news. When I watch the news I want news not a load of fluff about non events. Pretty soon the plane that crashes onto a football stadium will be consigned to other news whilst the headlines are all about TV programs. Because ignorance is bliss as many sheffield forum members would admit, they would rather hear about famous people falling on ice than reports of freedoms taken away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Why do the BBC think that what happens in TV programs is News? You can tell them yourself:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/ If TV programs can't be news, can sport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 if people want to read about it, then it's news. Not somebody from the BBC or anywhere else that decides what they shouldread, whether the people they want to read it are interested in it or not. That's not news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 If TV programs can't be news, can sport? I don't see why not. But when exteme events in soap operas, and arguments on X-Factor make the news it simply encourages the script writers (of both) to chase the publicity generated by the news headlines themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Why not just be more selective over the media sources to which you give your time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I don't see why not? So in reality then, the results of TV shows are news. But when exteme events in soap operas, and arguments on X-Factor make the news it simply encourages the script writers (of both) to chase the publicity generated by the news headlines themselves. Can't say I've noticed TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 sport and showbusiness and art are both forms of entertainment. Both are covered in their own sections of newspapers, in the arts or sports section. Sometimes, the events are considered interesting enough to make the jump into the main section of the news, or even to the front page, when a Brit film wins the Best Picture Oscar or when England win an important soccer match. Are you saying this is not news and that people interested in this sort of thing should just buy specialist showbusiness and sports products as opposed to national newspapers full of stories some arrogant, self-important cretin that thinks they know what is good for the public more than the public does? Do you want to shove stories about the poor government response to a landslide in Indonesia and protests in Burundi down the throat of somebody in Shepton Mallet who isn't going to be the slightest bit interested in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 The BBC bang on about Strictly as it's free advertising for promoting one of its own programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 sport and showbusiness and art are both forms of entertainment. Both are covered in their own sections of newspapers, in the arts or sports section. Sometimes, the events are considered interesting enough to make the jump into the main section of the news, or even to the front page, when a Brit film wins the Best Picture Oscar or when England win an important soccer match. Are you saying this is not news and that people interested in this sort of thing should just buy specialist showbusiness and sports products as opposed to national newspapers full of stories some arrogant, self-important cretin that thinks they know what is good for the public more than the public does? Do you want to shove stories about the poor government response to a landslide in Indonesia and protests in Burundi down the throat of somebody in Shepton Mallet who isn't going to be the slightest bit interested in it? I think you have totally missed the point. News is by definition something new. So a sporting event or someone winning an Oscar is news. Something in a soap opera that you could read about a week before in the Radio Times isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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