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Out-dated camera work at Euro 2020...?
gillianwalmsley · 18/06/2021 22:29
AIBU to think this: I enjoy football, especially these big international tournaments and the first couple of weeks are great - three matches each day & I usually try to catch a couple of them.
But I've noticed, if there is a break in play, an injury or something, the camera people always seem to pick-out young and attractive female fans and zoom in close....
Isn't this a bit 1970s/Page 3/Benny Hill and a bit out-of-date, in 2021?
I'm not blaming the BBC or ITV by-the-way, I believe they take a UEFA feed so it is not their fault - or am I just getting fed-up that I can remember Euro 1996, whilst most of these wee lassies were probably not even born then!?
P.S. Well done Scotland tonight, who showed great spirit and skill against England, to earn a point.
KimikosNightmare · 18/06/2021 22:46
The only match I've watched in detail was the England Scottish match.
The focusing on fans I saw was a random selection of ages, sexes and attractiveness or otherwise.
I thought it was a fairly lacklustre game. Scotland are absolutely useless at driving the ball up the field. On the other hand England really should be beating Scotland. Scotland is very much a third rater on the international scene.
From the point of view of those living and working in Central London it's probably the best result that could have been hoped for.
SpringBluebellWoods · 19/06/2021 08:12
@WarriorN
(Dh was out. I don't watch tv anymore!)
OT, but we couldn’t get it live either - so frustrating. Smart TV app doesn’t do live stream (too old), we don’t have terrestrial TV and the TV refused to accept cast from my phone.
WarriorN · 19/06/2021 08:36
@NutellaEllaElla
Not much about football makes sense tbh 🤷🏻♀️
ITV iPlayer was showing it live but you had to sign in and it wasn't letting the verification emails go through. They've only come through today. He actually wasn't that bothered and watched trolls...
FemaleAndLearning · 19/06/2021 08:37
I don't really watch football but my daughter was watching another match and the BBC had three presenters. The robot dancer footballer was in casual wear with a blazer. The man behind him was in a tracksuit then the woman behind was in high heels, leggings, a vest top and her bra showing! It immediately outraged me it's so sexist.
Also out of interest who does wear high heels and leggings?
Babymamamama · 19/06/2021 09:53
There is so much wrong in television. The news the other day were reporting how woefully low the conviction rates for rape are in UK. What was the camera footage of? Stock video images of women on nights out in short skirts. Totally gratuitous and unnecessary. And what exactly was the implication? That women dressing like that get raped? It makes my blood boil.
Pinuporc · 19/06/2021 10:33
Our local newspaper had a "story" on hot weather in summer shock. The picture was of a lone woman sunbathing in a public park in a bikini. Ffs.
"Hotter than benidorm" type non stories are usually an excuse for the probably male reporter or photographer to find some young, fit good looking girls wearing not many clothes on either brighton beach or in hyde park.
KimikosNightmare · 19/06/2021 11:45
@FemaleAndLearning
Also out of interest who does wear high heels and leggings?
What were you "outraged" about? Woman wears something you don't approve of?
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