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Bbc Reporter
Why on earth did he have to be filmed stood outside Gatwick Airport? Can there be anyone watching BBC News who does not know what Gatwick Airport looks like? Why send a reporter and a cameraman there just to tell us that Virgin Atlantic are going to cut their operations. What chance do we have of getting this thing under control when people are still making unnecessary journeys.
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I can only assume it is because having a reporter 'on site' adds a level of realism and gravitas that would be absent if they simply reported from a studio, which would make every report look the same.
I tend not to notice when they do it for news pieces, but as regulars on here will know, every winter I post about the utter pointlessness of having some poor sap standing outside in a Northface jacket freezing their extremities off, to tell me it's snowing.
I was around in 1963, I KNOW WHAT SNOW LOOKS LIKE!!!!!!
Just tell me it's snowing, I'll understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tend not to notice when they do it for news pieces, but as regulars on here will know, every winter I post about the utter pointlessness of having some poor sap standing outside in a Northface jacket freezing their extremities off, to tell me it's snowing.
I was around in 1963, I KNOW WHAT SNOW LOOKS LIKE!!!!!!
Just tell me it's snowing, I'll understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a carry-over from when the beeb were the only reliable source of news (circa 1950) and everything was in B&W to show the great unwashed who could afford a tv what the outside world looked like, albeit in B&W :-))
The beeb are now no longer a credible source but like to think they are super-important to have esteemed reporters who will travel to flooded areas as well as airports and castle gates.
The beeb are now no longer a credible source but like to think they are super-important to have esteemed reporters who will travel to flooded areas as well as airports and castle gates.
lankeela
I think that the reason why journalists go to the places being reported on is because it gives a sense of immediacy to the report.
Also, with a journalist onsite there's a chance they may have people there willing to give an interview.
And BBC News content is packaged for broadcast outside the UK (the World Service) where viewers may not be familiar with places that are obvious to us.
I think that the reason why journalists go to the places being reported on is because it gives a sense of immediacy to the report.
Also, with a journalist onsite there's a chance they may have people there willing to give an interview.
And BBC News content is packaged for broadcast outside the UK (the World Service) where viewers may not be familiar with places that are obvious to us.
things change between lunchtime and evening; reports will reflect that. Most media outlets - radio, TV, newspapers, online - will do the same. Stories may be prepared at different times by different people who have different opinions. This is unlikely to happen with Pravda but it doesn't seem like a weakness in a western democracy to me.
