BBC News - interview with eye witness of Liverpool bombing

[BonesInTheOcean]

Long fluffy interview with 2 people who witnessed the Liverpool bombing.
It's not fluffy hour, why on earth did we need this. Of course its important to discuss the after effects of something like this, but, did we really need the interviewer leading with "and you want to thank the hospital for looking after you" it was full on after 9am Lorraine Kelly stuff!

(18th Nov 7.18am)

I only listen to radio news now because they read out a short bulletin and I'm supremely uninterested in 'how did that make you feel' journalism.

I saw the interview just now.i felt they handled it well tbh.they were a young couple and obv in shock! I could have got it wrong but I had a feeling that the young guy had worked there and knew the staff or something?

YANBU. The interview was handled well, but a long reflective piece about " young couple traumatised by being close to explosion" does not imo warrant a slot in a news programme which has already covered the story comprehensively.

Modern fluffy populist journalism.
I hate the way the BBC ask random people on the street for their opinion on big news stories - why would I care what a random person thinks?

I just want precise facts and expert opinion. The news is to inform, not to entertain, that is the remit of the One Show

@BurscoughBooths
That annoys me too; endless scenes of the high street with random people being asked their opinion. I don’t care what Sophie from Bolton or Don from Telford think. Give us more news.

[quote Pottedpalm]@BurscoughBooths
That annoys me too; endless scenes of the high street with random people being asked their opinion. I don’t care what Sophie from Bolton or Don from Telford think. Give us more news.[/quote]
Agreed but people who should be answering questions like this filthy shower of a government always run away - BBC should be doorstepping those fuckers, but can't be bothered.

BBC TV news is basically now a tabloid anyway. Lowest common denominator and all that…

Are you talking about the one where they interviewed a 21 year old lad who'd risked his life trying to save the life of a suicide bomber?

I think he deserves some air time. Probably suffer from the after effects for a very long time.

Totally agree. Find BBC breakfast the most annoying.

This wasn't just some random person in the street. They were in a car right by the taxi that blew up and he tried to get the man out of the car. I am sure what he saw was very distressing no matter who the person in the car was.

@Seeline

Are you talking about the one where they interviewed a 21 year old lad who'd risked his life trying to save the life of a suicide bomber?

I think he deserves some air time. Probably suffer from the after effects for a very long time.

So you think that talking about it to roughly 5.7m people is the best therapy?

I'm not saying they shouldn't be on the news, however, the length of the interview, the way the interviewer was leading them - how much did it really help? I dont need to hear that the couple when prompted wanted to thank the staff (I'm sure they did, but its not after 9am or the one show where this kind of thing belongs)

Was it this guy www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59327506 who apparently used to work in the hospital and who saw a man burn alive?

I've no idea about therapy, but when young people get such bad press all the time, I think it is heartening to hear about a young man, willing to risk his life for a stranger.

By the way I think the vast majority of young people are decent, but I'm not sure how many people of any age would run towards a burning car to try and help strangers.

I'd rather hear about this person than the suicide bomber.

I saw them on BBC news and thought what a load of bollocks - pretty sure they were milking it in the hopes of selling a story to some crap paper

@PermanentTemporary

I only listen to radio news now because they read out a short bulletin and I'm supremely uninterested in 'how did that make you feel' journalism.

They also interviewed him on the Today Programme if you’re going to be high and mighty about not watching TV news

The BBC has turned away from hard news and goes for filler and commentary nowadays. Most other news agencies are the same.
They now need filler for all the multi media/24 hour outlets.
Vox pops, interviews and opinion pieces are cheap ways to fill space.

Having said all that, I caught part of the interview on the bog standard TV news of the young man that had attempted an heroic rescue, and thought that the young couple seemed articulate and mature. Whereas so many… don't.

@lovemelongtime why it is bollocks and they were milking it. You can clearly see this man running to the car in the video clip. If I had been in their situation I am sure I would have been running away as fast as I could

I hate the way the BBC ask random people on the street for their opinion on big news stories - why would I care what a random person thinks?

The reason "news" companies do this now is because it allows them to editorialise the news with their own biases by the selective editing and choice of who to talk to.

Modern fluffy populist journalism.
I hate the way the BBC ask random people on the street for their opinion on big news stories - why would I care what a random person thinks?
I just want precise facts and expert opinion. The news is to inform, not to entertain, that is the remit of the One Show

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@BurscoughBooths

Modern fluffy populist journalism. I hate the way the BBC ask random people on the street for their opinion on big news stories - why would I care what a random person thinks? I just want precise facts and expert opinion. The news is to inform, not to entertain, that is the remit of the One Show

To be fair, Brenda from Bristol's "You're joking, not another one" when the 2017 election was called went down in history.

I have a theory about why this happens. I think there is a big news story that they were planning to cover which has to be pulled last minute so they fill the gap with fluff.

In this case perhaps something linked to terrorism which wouldn't be in the public interest to broadcast.

The Today Programme on Radio 4 has gone fluffy interviewing Doris from Swindon about how she feels regarding the economic situation in Kazakhstan or some such nonsense. Unbelievable!

The news should be cold, hard, facts.