Bloody Gary...

[Frustrated76]

Linekar

AIBU that the BBC1 10 o'clock news shouldn't be delayed by 45 mins for (checks notes) Portugal vs France on the eve of a monumental election result and the day of a new government.

AIBU???

Did you somehow manage to not see the election result for 17 hours?!

Calm down
We had wall to wall coverage all day, 45 mins without was a blessed relief.
And I can't stand football

Surely you knew the election result before 10pm last night.
I don't watch a lot of telly so am not sure which (out of the 5 million) channels had election news.
Radio 4 would have been covering it at 10pm.

By the fact that you can access Mumsnet - I assume you can also access iplayer or the BBC news website. Or one of the many many 24hr news platforms.

And Henley...

It's the fault of Ronaldo and Mbappe surely?

The Germany - Spain game went over time too, is Gary responsible for that too? 😂

If only that's where the near constant sport stayed - on the many sports channels.
Sport seems to be on most main channels at the moment.

Probably because in an era of streaming, and online news, live sports and events are one of few things which has value in being played live. Personally the only things I’ve sought out on live TV in the last year have been gymnastics world and European championships, Bake Off and the election results from last night. I’ll watch the Olympics too. I have very little interest in other scheduled programming and don’t feel a need to watch it live if a programme does sound interesting to me.

Hmmm, let's see... There had been constant election broadcasting from 10pm on Thursday night, all through the day on Friday, plus news channels broadcasting 24hour coverage. Did you not have access to any of that, nor iPlayer, nor the BBC News website?

The Euros are on once every four years and it's approaching the final stages. So the choice is "Shall we show the live penalty shoot out between two big footballing nations in a competition that takes place once every four years, or shall we cut it off to show something that's already happened and been covered non stop for nearly 24 hours?". They made the right choice

Is that you Rishi? Had to cancel your sky and now have to rely on council news at 10 rather than the 24h news channels.

lol. Busey? He’s a bit bonkers, I reckon it could be his fault..

I was more concerned that Emmerdale was cancelled
How very dare they!!

Meh. I don't like football and have been watching the election coverage but I think it's fine. They wouldn't have been saying much different 45 minutes earlier last night, and they have a news channel and website with live streaming for anyone who didn't want to wait.

I would be raging if coverage of a key contest on a sport I do follow was cut short at that point! Fair enough if it was the exit poll or something, but by 10pm last night the result had been known for 24 hours and the key cabinet appointments made in the afternoon and early evening. There wasn't really anything new to say.

Football is to many people, far more important than politics

This is a worry.

YABU

I'd been working in hospital all day so just wanted the highlights. I did watch iplayer in the end but felt the football should have been elsewhere.

The news is constantly on, on various channels. The whole euros tournament can’t be moved for us!

The BBC 10o'clock news is an institution, just like the football. It shouldn't be moved... especially on momentous day.

There was if you'd been working all day and had missed it all.

Oh god, is Gary Rhodes dead?

You havent been waiting for a new series or book from him have you?!!! He died some years ago

Did you miss that news due to the football as well?

Those saying about 'sports channels' they all cost money

It is so important to have free to air sport on TV

So what time did you start work? The result was known very early in the morning. Indeed the result was very close to the exit poll so the news was really known 24 hours earlier

Ooh, where are these freeview sport channels in the UK, what number are they?