14 August 2007

BBC news values

Look, I know that the bulk of it has already been leaked. Even the opposition's reaction to it has been pre-announced. But the publication of First Minister's Salmond's white paper at lunchtime today is surely the biggest political event since the May election.

In such circumstances, I would have thought that BBC Scotland might have suspended its usual anodyne day-time programming to cover the proceedings. But no - apparently cartoons are more important.

By contrast, this evening the entire BBC1 Scotland prime time schedule has been junked in favour of some Glasgow football match or other.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Some Glasgow football match or other"!? How very dare you?

And you know you'll be watching.

Anonymous said...

I normally regard your commentary as fairly sensible but suspend tv schedules for a white paper, have you gone completely mad?

Particularly a white paper that is all about keeping Nat activists happy, no one including Salmond, has any intention of the thing every seeing the light of day after next week.

I cannot believe you honestly think we should suspend tv schedules for such self indulgence. That is the most bonkers thing I have heard since May.

Jeff said...

BBC1 - Today

11am - Escape to the Country
11:30am - Car Booty
12:30pm - Cash in the Attic


I don't know when our dear leader announced the National Conversation white paper to the country but are you honestly saying you would rather watch one of these (presumably piss-poor) shows instead?

And you suggest Holyrood Watcher is bonkers??


Flexible tv scheduling would be much more entertaining and worthwhile, dipping in with issues of the day BBC News 24 style; perhaps if we had Scottish Broadcasting we could achieve it..... Hmmm......


PS If anyone touches the Rangers game they're dead meat.