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Wednesday 8 February 2023

The BBC on hurricanes

 


6 comments:

DiscoveredJoys said...

Out of curiosity I looked at the first page of bbc.co.uk for the first time in ages.

I was bemused at how much the 'news' had changed - including regular LGBT+ items and tales of doughty individuals overcoming discrimination. Miserabilist items about how to live or heat your home cheaply. Often 'climate change', of course, with little analysis.

Popular sports teams got plenty exposure as well as 'easy' recipes. Bread and circuses I suppose.

Sam Vega said...

I would just like a weather forecast from the BBC. You know, something that tells me whether I need a waterproof jacket today, or whether our camping holiday is going to be an ordeal. Unless it leads to massive loss of life, I'm not interested in American hurricanes. Nor climate change. They never used to bother with these things. If they dispensed with them, they could save some money.

But as they are getting their money from a huge population who want to watch and listen to a range of different things but have to pay for the whole package, saving money is not an incentive.

Scrobs. said...

I haven't listened to or watched a Beeboid WF for ages, as the Met Office one is right here as we speak!

djc said...

The Met Office is just as bad re 'climate change'. I prefer to look at the pictures (especially the jet stream) at ventusky.com and netweather.tv then work it out myself.

djc said...

The Met Office is just as bad re 'climate change'. I prefer to look at the pictures (especially the jet stream) at ventusky.com and netweather.tv then work it out myself.

A K Haart said...

DJ - I regularly look at the first page of bbc.co.uk because it is so similar to tabloid presentation. I'm sure BBC staff don't see it that way, but it's there, just look at it.

Sam - that's a good point. The whole thing could be pared down to the basics and it would be just as useful, but there is no incentive to do it.

Scrobs - I look at the online version to compare it with the Met Office. They can be surprisingly different.

djc - thanks, I'll take a look at those two sites.