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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And big umbrellas
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    and a risk assessment
    Devon.
  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    Hostafan1 said:
    B3 said:
    I think they could save a bit of money by not having journalists and news presenters standing outside parliament or court houses. Surely they could do it in the studio with a relevant photo behind. Or if they must have a live picture of the outside of the building,worth it.
    Totally agree. If they'd just rushed from a court session, or parliament I'd understand, but standing on a balcony in the rain at 10.15pm, or outside some random building when it's empty is beyond me.
    To be fair it's not just the BBC who do it. 
    Ah yes, in the USA they've actually turned this into an entertainment segment in its own right - weather presenters regularly attempt to one-up each other by standing in progressively worse conditions, screaming into a microphone to report on the hurricane they're standing in. The whole point of reporting on weather takes a back seat to watching the discomfort and impossibility of broadcasting in those conditions, like a real world version of It's A Knockout. It's quite hilarious. 
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237
    And they often seem to be standing outside in a hurricane telling people that the advice is to stay indoors.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Or going to interview somebody in lockdown to talk about the restrictions they're (the reporters) seemingly exempt from?  :o 
    East Lancs
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Also the bits in News at 10 last night, and quite a few nights of bits about COVID that they showed month ago. Do they think we’re stupid. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You know the backdrop that they have for Covid  news items? It always makes me fancy a scotch egg.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Nothing makes me fancy a Scotch egg!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Not even a proper home made one?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Nope.  If I have properly brought up pork mince in the house it usually ends up as lovely juicy burgers with freshly grated apple mixed in and a teaspoon of Meaux mustard.  Yum.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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