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MB <
MB@nospam.net> writes
On 28/06/2023 12:17, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
Is it really necessary for all three news networks - BBC, Sky, and GBN -
to cover the weekly brayfest, live and completely? Oh, and BBC
Parliament_as well_. That is particularly irritating, having the two
BBC channels simulcasting it.
The BBC have to cover PMQs - imagine the fuss from the politicians if
they did not.
The BBC should be able to withstand such pressure - I don't think there
is anything in the actual charter that says specifically they have to
carry it. But anyway, BBC Parliament would, and I accept it being on
there.
PMQs is long past its sell-by date, anyway, due to the behaviour of
politicians (and those instructing them). Once, I think it was a genuine opportunity to ask questions to elucidate information - OK, barbed
questions, but at least nominally questions. However, for the last few
years at least, it has degraded into just a baiting session, where the "questions" are not really questions at all, but just to make the PM (or
his deputy) look bad. (And this applies whichever party is in power.)
It's purely a brayfest, serving no purpose; the politicians who might
make a fuss if it wasn't covered are only the brayers (and those
controlling them), and thus (a) shouldn't be paid any heed (b) should be ashamed of themselves (but of course have no shame).
Aren't Sky News and probably GBN just vanity projects that do not make
any money?
Dunno. Still doesn't make it any more desirable that they and BBC News duplicate BBC Parliament.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
At the end of the day, I wasn't asking to kill the pandas, I was simply asking for an audit in terms of conservation resources, and I stand by every word. -Chris Packham, quoted in Radio Times, 29 May - 4 June 2010
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