Frazer1974 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I feel the same way about entertainment news being classed as real news. It's just not the right place for it! I agree with the OP wholeheartedly, and I'm a sports writer! I hate football with a passion, and I can't stand it when people refer to Manchester beating Birmingham, or Liverpool playing Tottenham, but don't mention which sport they're talking about. I assume it's darts? Or perhaps shuffle board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Qualify real news. I think real news does not involve"celebrity" lifestyle, i think serious issues such as racism should be covered, after all it got Big Brother massive publicity and that programme really doesn't deserve air time or newsprint space Sport and entertainment are fluff and froth. Real news is the important stuff that is going on, the stuff that will make the history books of the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Why is sports news taking over from real news? The short answer is, it isn't - and the OP complaining to the BBC over the Terry headline is quite frankly, ridiculous. Next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 . Real news is the important stuff that is going on, the stuff that will make the history books of the future. If you think that there is enough of that to report on a daily basis I hope they have got some big history books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishTalk Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 You can avoid the sports news bias if you wish. Radio4 forever and i confessed that 30+ years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 You can avoid the sports news bias if you wish. Radio4 forever and i confessed that 30+ years ago. Yes, I agree. Channel 4 news is pretty good too, but the BBC TV news is becoming progressively dumbed down. Who cares what some footballer said or didn't say? People should remember that football is only of interest to fans, who are a minority of the population. I'd be happy to see all sports coverage confined to purely sports channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Why is sports news taking over from real news? The short answer is, it isn't - and the OP complaining to the BBC over the Terry headline is quite frankly, ridiculous. Next! Why ridiculous? If it's sports news, it belongs at the end of the bulletin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumosaurus Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Well that headline isn't a sport headline is it? It's an alleged crime that happened a football match. That's not sports news. It's crime news. Which is just news. If somebody got their face caved in at a football match and it was on the news, would you still consider it sports news? Most people wouldn't. Having said that I do think there is to much actual sport in the news but, then again a lot of people like it and why are those people less important than people who don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsexydoug Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 the headline on the bbc the other day was about the strictly come dancing result, and they had to get a phscologist in "to tell us how to cope without being on t.v anymore" trivial to me but sports is to you, deal with it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 They must have listened to my complaint. Tonight's news had all the sports stuff in the last 5 minutes where it should be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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