BBC News. Does this annoy you as much as it does me?

[petunia]

Sorry to get all serious but this is beginning to annoy me. It seems the BBC (not sure whether ITV News does the same) thinks that it can use its news bulletins at 1pm and 6pm for advertising later programmes. (E.g you get a short report on the news and then newsreader says, "And you can see more about this on (name of programme) tonight at (time)". I noticed on the Radio 2 8am news on Saturday, the main item was the research that they'd done on the elderly having to sell their homes to pay for care, in other words an advert for Panorama on Sunday night.
Our local news at 6.30 has started as well. Last night they advertised 2 programmes, Inside Out at 7.30pm and something on BBC2 (can't remember what it was called but think it was about Dog Training.
I just find it annoying. OK, rant over!

Well Inside Out and Panorama are both "news" type programmes - they simply look in further detail at the news issues......

Inside Out tends to be more 'local' areas (hence 'advertised' on Local News) and Panorama things that are on a National Level.

I hadn't really noticed whether these "adverts" are for "news type" programmes. I think that there are plenty of other opportunities to advertise these programmes, I just don't see why they should be advertised in the middle of the news.

because they're, well ermm they're looking more in depth at the issues in the news.

this annoys me too petunia especially if it is about their crap reality shows (the singing, ice dancing, apprentice type stuff). I watch the news to watch the news not to find out that some Z grade celebrity has fallen on their arse on an ice rink.

Another thing that has really got my goat at the moment is the new sport's guy in the morning. It used to be Rob I'm an Arsenal Fan whathisface and they've changed him (think he left) for this young rugger bugger. We now literally get 1 minute of real sport and then a 5 minute self publicity insert containing the new sport's bloke and some sort of 'funny' sports bit - today it was him with a female rugby team, when the olympics were on it was him trying to ski.

I can't understand how the bbc can't see that some people actually want to hear the sport's news, see the goals/results from last night rather than watch their presenters giggle in front of the camera.

I also hate the general format of snippets, we will say this now this in a minute and repeat it again now, now it's five minutes into the programme as you have the attention of a one year old we will tell you it again but only half of it which we will repeat with the first part of the story in more depth in five minutes etc etc

lol

that's exactly what it's like!

Ah, people who see what I mean! I've just remembered something else from Radio 2's 8am news on Saturday (and I think it might have been included in the BBC TV news that evening), the last item was about choosing the Song for Europe. That isn't news.

I wonder if it's something to do with there being so many news channels now. The BBC feels it has to compete.