BBC News in the morning- long stories, no other stories at all?

[VinterKvinna]

From 8am to 8.26 (possibly still going) they have been discussing the sad passing of Captain Tom.

I totally agree this is important, but is there nothing else happening in the world at the moment? Whats happening in Myanmar? Whats happening in our hospitals, the vaccine...
Anything..

Yes its sad he has died, and yes he was inspiring, thats not my argument
I want news, not half an hour on a lookback on CT, and interviews with Michael Ball....

To those expressing the view that the news is all doom and gloom.

Not everyone follows the news and responds in an emotional way. I like to follow the news to find out what's happening in the world because I find it interesting and I like to be informed. I don't sit wailing and gnashing my teeth one minute, then laughing my head off at something else. Not everyone responds to things in life in such an emotionally incontinent manner.

@bellropes emotional incontinence sums it up perfectly.

There's more than enough rubbish out there for people who like that sort of thing. All the others are asking for is one objective news channel, it's not much to ask.

@Babdoc

I’m in Scotland and I would rather the news bulletins concentrated on the fact that England has just offered us assistance with our failed vaccination program. The SNP have missed their own target by half a million doses by the end of Jan and the rollout is slowing down. For my age group, Scotland is 2 months behind England. I think that’s more newsworthy than the death of a centenarian, whatever his achievements, great though those were.

England here - I had no idea! I would much rather have this than CT - this is important!!

Haven’t watched BBC for ages once it became obvious they were more interested in human interest stories. I watch a combo of Sky and CNN now.

What makes you think people respond in an emotionally incontinent manner?

I tend to tut and roll my eyes. Much as I did at your post.

The over-coverage risks a backlash. I started off yesterday thinking "Oh that's awfully sad that Captain Tom died" this morning I have been yelling at the radio that plenty of nurses and doctors have died doing their job during the covid crisis, that plenty of other people have quietly been getting on with helping people/charitable work both in this crisis and in many others over the years and around the world and most people stayed at home over Christmas rather than visiting their families abroad (let alone going on a jolly to the sun) and very few dying in hospital have been allowed their family by their side.

As sad as it is, I don't think it is 'important' at all

He was a nice man who did a good thing which happened to go viral, and his passing should be acknowledged, but Christ almighty you'd think he cured covid the way everyone keeps banging on

And don't even get me started on the social media virtue signallers who are devastated and sobbing

MsFogi totally agree. It's just too much. It does not have to be wall to wall talking about Captain Tom to the exclusion of everything else. Put together a half hour programme to be shown late one night all about his life and those that can or want to tune in, can do so.

Please don't tell me there are people devastated and sobbing. How ridiculous. He had a wonderful loving family, he lived to 100 years old, he'd been knighted by the Queen and yes, he raised an extraordinary amount for NHS charities.

I was sad to hear the news yesterday, just because he stood for what we're all going through, but that's it. End of story.

My heart goes out to all the NHS workers who died trying to protect us and other frontline people and those that are struggling on and on through this.

Enough on Captain Tom.

And now King Boris has decreed we all have to clap for Captain Tom at 6pm.

It’s a shame because it would have been appropriate to have just made a nice mention of him in the HoC today and leave it at that.

Expecting people to stand on the doorstep clapping? Oh Boris! Read the room!

I'm in Scotland I haven't seen any outpouring of grief for him.
No mention on STV news at lunchtime.
I certainly don't know anyone who will be out clapping at 6pm.

In act, the BBC is so dire and I no longer want to watch it (I have Netflix), doesn't even provide decent factual news coverage, does anyone have any experience of not paying their tv license because they don't watch the BBC? Do you have to disable your tv from viewing it or something?

I really do object paying a license fee for the propoganda and sexist period crapol that it produces. it is rare that there is now anything worth my watching on it.