Are the media being unprofessional re Air India crash?

I just saw the clip on the news of the journalist speaking to the brother of the survivor. Sadly this guy is also the brother of another passenger who has not survived.
I hate the utterly inane questions - how do you fucking think he’s feeling you absolute moron? What kind of information is he expecting this grieving young man to pass on?
Awful and mawkish. But those words can often be used to describe journalist. Sorry to any journalists who are not like this.

I’m watching the BBC news now and I was taken aback by how blunt it all is. The corespondent just described how DNA testing is taking place due to ‘the bodies being disfigured’.

Agree. I watched the BBC's reporter who was harassing the family with totally moronic crass questions. At that point the Tele went off.

Me too and me too! (And my husband who is also a journalist)

The reporting does seem very intrusive and way over the top. Leave people alone!!!

The BBC have been going down the plughole for years - the Pandemic made them, much, much worse - they think (very incorrectly) that they are the superior news outlet. In my mind, as far as TV news that's been C4 for decades.

I remember fondly when the BBC news was just that, non nonsense reading of the stories, no hacks giving their opinions or interviews postulating over this and that with random "experts", anything to fill their 24 hour rolling news hell which is thankfully not a channel you can easily accidentally land on.

The racism is just beyond belief.

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Absolutely! I had a colleague who was on the plane with his family and some of the news coverage is quite upsetting. Not to mention the videos on TikTok of the few named British citizens and some of the disgusting racist comments towards them.

Yes, that journalist seemed to barely contain her glee as she described really graphic and unnecessary descriptions of the bodies.

I too felt the interview with the relative felt exploitative.

I actually haven't watched bbc news for years but for once thought I'd watch it over channel 4. It really has gone to complete sensationalist shit.

I honestly wish the over consumption of news media would go out of fashion.

Yes, that's the next thing, speculation about the cause. Let's hope there's no ridiculous conspiracy theories.

As with any event of this magnitude, the media jump to blanket coverage, which pretty much involves repetition, intrusive interviews and speculation.

The interview with the much younger brother of the survivor was cringe worthy and appalling. There is no need to say the same things over and over; no need to have respondents all over the world and no need to be voyeuristic.

The only useful information comes from industry experts who can speculate with some knowledge, about possible causes. Otherwise it’s just unpleasant.

Why on earth are idiots making racist and homophobic comments, apart from being utter twats. What have those poor people done to deserve that. The photo of the two lads holding their dog got me. Those girls were beautiful as well. So bloody awful.

The bbc homepage had a video of the plane going down. I mean, why? So people can gawp at the imminent death of all those people? So goulish. I think the bbc used to be better than this?? Now it's getting to be like Yahoo News (which is a pile of unprofessional shite). This tragedy seems to have brought out the worst side of humanity where the press are concerned, and we have to breathe the same oxygen as these horrible 'journalists'. No conscience, no integrity, just a bunch of roaches feeding off the grief and terror of others.

It’s very voyeuristic and unnecessary.

Also the racist comments I’ve seen on some of the articles, people are so awful at times.

Other news outlets have been showing the same video, not just the DM.

Yes, so was I.

I must admit I was shocked that a photo of him in his hospital bed was released , I mean jeez give the guy some privacy .

I agree OP.

BBC and Sky, indistinguishable gutter press.

People watch it so they do it

I thought this too, imagine learning that your family members had been in a fatal crash, one has survived but the other is still missing and reporters are knocking on your door, just awful. It shouldn't be allowed.

I saw a TikTok that was posted by two guys just before the flight. They filmed themselves as they waited for the plane. The TikTok was shown on The Daily Mails account. Imagine being one of their family or friends seeing the daily mail capitalizing on their very very recent death. I think that’s sick. The press can be disgusting.

The TikTok just showed up on my account, I DONT follow the Daily Mail.

(sorry, I just noticed that other posters have already commented on this.)

I agree. I’ve just seen a BBC reporter (on their news channel) speaking to a relative who went to the crash site. He speaks in local language. She then translates to camera that he was trying to pull bodies out - and more graphic detail that I won’t type here.
There is no justification for that. Exploitative, disrespectful and no justification.
I switched over.

Watching the BBC coverage vs Channel 4 was insightful - Channel 4 went with concise reporting served up for adults. No wild speculation, just factual reporting.

Meanwhile the BBC Verify Team (as it is they) had compared aerial photographs of the uni halls with street shots to confirm what everyone else knew, that it landed on the uni halls - they had also verified that a bit of footage had been filmed from the airport, because er, it had been filmed from the airport. They then got a myriad of retired pilots who presumably had never flown this new model to postulate about how it crashed which may have been accurate or totally wrong - no one knows.

So on top of a huge human tragedy we learn yet again that BBC news is the televisual equivalent of the Daily Star (With apologies to the Daily Star)