Bbc and grenfell coverage

[choogling]

Once again the bbc have done to death another news item, the first anniversary of the Grenfell disaster, why o why do they have to do this with every big story, in the end we turned of the bbc news but then it was all over the radio,grr.anyone else agree?

[hackey lad]

Once again the bbc have done to death another news item, the first anniversary of the Grenfell disaster, why o why do they have to do this with every big story, in the end we turned of the bbc news but then it was all over the radio,grr.anyone else agree?

 

Yes . I hate to say it but I got fed up of hearing the word Grenfell ,all day

[Mister Gee]

Respectful touch from a tube driver.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2018/jun/14/tube-driver-halts-journey-and-waves-to-people-holding-grenfell-vigil-video

RIP

[Mister M]

It's a grim irony that on the first anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, 2 other tower blocks in separate incidents have been ablaze in UK.

 

I think it's testament to the survivors of the tragedy that the broadcast media and some print media still devote time and space to the issues that it raised.

 

 

Not sure why, but some events like Grenfell, the murder of Stephen Lawrence and the Hillsborough disaster really capture the imagination of journalists - hence the coverage. Other events, possibly just as important, don't get the same attention. (Maybe someone could offer an explanation...?)

 

I don't begrudge the time and space given to the fire.

Edited June 14, 2018 by Mister M

[Mister Gee]

Once again the bbc have done to death another news item, the first anniversary of the Grenfell disaster, why o why do they have to do this with every big story, in the end we turned of the bbc news but then it was all over the radio,grr.anyone else agree?

 

Says it all.

[Guest makapaka]

It's a grim irony that on the first anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, 2 other tower blocks in separate incidents have been ablaze in UK.

 

I think it's testament to the survivors of the tragedy that the broadcast media and some print media still devote time and space to the issues that it raised.

 

 

Not sure why, but some events like Grenfell, the murder of Stephen Lawrence and the Hillsborough disaster really capture the imagination of journalists - hence the coverage. Other events, possibly just as important, don't get the same attention. (Maybe someone could offer an explanation...?)

 

I don't begrudge the time and space given to the fire.

 

What are the other events that are just as important that don’t get coverage?

[Rhyno]

Grenfell was an appalling tragedy. The news coverage has been dignified and proportionate. Anyone who is “fed up” of it needs to give their heads a wobble. The worst fire since WW2 is a shameful thing for 21st Century London.

 

If anything, the media needs to be more forensic in the next few days. People need to be prosecuted for their part in this. We need the media to be asking why this isn’t happening and not allowing the inquiry to kick the can down the road, as they often do.

Edited June 14, 2018 by Rhyno

[Guest makapaka]

Grenfell was an appalling tragedy. The news coverage has been dignified and proportionate. Anyone who is “fed up” of it needs to give their heads a wobble. The worst fire since WW2 is a shameful thing for 21st Century London.

 

If anything, the media needs to be more forensic in the next few days. People need to be prosecuted for their part in this. We need the media to be asking why this isn’t happening and not allowing the inquiry to kick the can down the road, as they often do.

 

The media won’t though. They’ll focus on people hugging firefighters and stuff like that.

[pattricia]

Some of the people paying their respects were genuine but others jumped on the bandwagon . They were crying but no tears were running down their faces. I found the steel band the most touching

[ECCOnoob]

Grenfell was an appalling tragedy. The news coverage has been dignified and proportionate. Anyone who is “fed up” of it needs to give their heads a wobble. The worst fire since WW2 is a shameful thing for 21st Century London.

 

If anything, the media needs to be more forensic in the next few days. People need to be prosecuted for their part in this. We need the media to be asking why this isn’t happening and not allowing the inquiry to kick the can down the road, as they often do.

 

Completely disagree. That's the last thing we need. The media throwing out their opinion, speculation and stirring up the already excessive public "outrage"

 

You say people need be prosecuted as if its that easy. Have you actually thought for a second about that process. Firstly, prosecuted for what exactly? What criminal offence beyond reasonable doubt has this readilly identified individual(s) committed? What deliberate negligent actions and breaches of the law of this county at this time can be categorically proven on the balance of probabilities against readilly identifiable individual(s)?

 

Until an inquiry says otherwise people need to realise that sometimes things just happen. Things lay undiscovered until a tragic event brings them to light. Things once seen as perfectly acceptable standards suddenly on the spin of one incident become the exact opposite. Accepted ways and methods undertaken for generations suddenly are deemed unsafe and unreasonable.

 

A catastrophic chain of events can occur none of which is necessarilly the blame of a single entity.

 

It COULD be a tragic event with no single individual fault and until we are told otherwise by those with all the information and the correct objective status there is no place for high emotional, highly subjective reactions and media spin.

 

Facts are what's needed.

Edited June 14, 2018 by ECCOnoob