:00:31. > :00:36.Welcome to news watch. 100 days of build up to a certain sporting
:00:36. > :00:41.event and 100 years since the Titanic went down. Criticism that
:00:41. > :00:47.BBC went overboard on the anniversary. Complaints are now
:00:47. > :00:51.back, a news channel sticking with a big story for too long, and too
:00:51. > :00:57.much graphic detail been given about crimes and the natural
:00:58. > :01:06.disasters. And another another charge that the BBC provides a
:01:06. > :01:10.place for criminals to justify their actions. We got all four
:01:10. > :01:15.accusations on Monday about the same event. The trial of the man
:01:15. > :01:20.who killed 77 people last July was always going to attract worldwide
:01:20. > :01:30.attention. But by mid-morning on the first day, many people had had
:01:30. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:34.enough. A woman who died instantly, a 30-year-old who died instantly.
:01:34. > :01:40.What information of relevance to be gained from this ceaseless barrage
:01:40. > :01:44.of death delivered monotone by a translator. Has nothing of note
:01:44. > :01:50.happened in the last 24 hours. Although some of the distressing
:01:50. > :01:55.detail on his testimony was not broadcast, I was subjected to
:01:55. > :02:02.repeated use of the far-right salute and the coverage served as a
:02:02. > :02:12.propaganda machine for the kill. It was impossible to escape the face
:02:12. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:29.It was acknowledged in the conversation, that you get the
:02:29. > :02:37.impression he is relishing this. He is thinking, this is exactly what I
:02:37. > :02:42.want. We are giving him the microphone that he wants. On the
:02:42. > :02:52.lunchtime news, he had another interviewee. His colleague Matthew
:02:52. > :02:53.
:02:53. > :03:03.price. Lynne Francis wondered, cannot he not introduce information
:03:03. > :03:05.
:03:05. > :03:12.Two discussed the trial I am joined by the control of the BBC News
:03:12. > :03:18.channel. Colin Russell what did you make of the coverage of the event,
:03:18. > :03:22.you contacted us by the mouth. Aynho it is no fault of you as the
:03:22. > :03:27.transmitter of what has been pervading the court, it is the
:03:27. > :03:33.prosecution case has put forward and it is explaining in graphic
:03:33. > :03:38.detail the entry and exit wounds inflicted by the killer on his
:03:39. > :03:43.victims. I felt it went too far. It was repeated time and again. Each
:03:43. > :03:47.victim was named and they went through the same procedure. I
:03:47. > :03:55.thought the coverage was too graphic. It was too much in terms
:03:55. > :03:58.of the volume of coverage. I understand this is a big news item.
:03:58. > :04:02.You have a present outside the court building. I would have
:04:02. > :04:06.thought it may have been better, once we have had to will three
:04:06. > :04:10.descriptions of the injuries on the victims, may have been better,
:04:10. > :04:15.better production to move to the outside presenter so he could have
:04:15. > :04:23.finished off with a summary of what was going on in the courthouse. Too
:04:23. > :04:30.much graphic detail about the injuries, necessary detail? I think
:04:30. > :04:33.Mr Russell has a point. The details were upsetting. They were is laid
:04:33. > :04:39.out by the prosecution as pretty straightforward medical details.
:04:40. > :04:45.The story of each victim was a very sad. The difficulty was, for us, we
:04:45. > :04:50.did consider this during the reading out of this, his comedy you
:04:50. > :04:56.look like you are devaluing some of the victims by coming out and
:04:56. > :05:02.saying we have had enough of that. Because each individual story and
:05:02. > :05:07.face we have to understand what he carried out. Do you think there is
:05:07. > :05:12.a danger that by giving so much attention that you are giving this
:05:12. > :05:18.fairly dreadful person the oxygen of publicity? I think that is a
:05:18. > :05:23.danger. You are fuelling his desire for the oxygen he requires to put
:05:23. > :05:28.his perverted agenda across. He feels he is acting in a deluded way
:05:28. > :05:34.and the best countries of his countrymen. Another viewer has
:05:34. > :05:41.complained to us about you taking a still image of the right-wing
:05:41. > :05:46.salute. Turning it into an iconic image. We did not create the iconic
:05:46. > :05:49.image. The killer did it in court for the first two days. It was
:05:49. > :05:56.picked up by every media organisation because it was one of
:05:56. > :05:59.the iconic images of the day. The viewers in the audience are
:05:59. > :06:03.extremely well informed and intelligent. They can listen to the
:06:04. > :06:10.accounts of what he did and see the way you behaved in court. We have
:06:10. > :06:15.confidence they can make their own judgments. Another viewer has
:06:15. > :06:22.complained about the BBC reporters interviewing each other. They are
:06:22. > :06:28.surprised this goes on. In such financial times for BBC news.
:06:28. > :06:33.had three reporters there. He was wondering all the live coverage. By
:06:33. > :06:38.having him there, presenting our coverage meant we could to a joint
:06:38. > :06:45.service for BBC World. Matthew Price was turn the television news
:06:45. > :06:51.packages. That means he cannot do live coverage. We would not have
:06:51. > :06:55.been able to do the same coverage. John socle a cover the original
:06:55. > :07:01.events. He has been back to Norway to talk to families and groups who
:07:01. > :07:06.have an interest in it. He has an ongoing interest and understanding
:07:06. > :07:14.in the story. I was keen that his understanding should be bought on
:07:14. > :07:17.that story. What have you made of the case Kevin Black Hirst has put
:07:18. > :07:24.in how would you like the BBC liked to cover the rest of this trial
:07:24. > :07:34.which could last ten weeks? appreciate Kevin's explanation as
:07:34. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:39.to the coverage. I am concerned as well as his mention -- of him
:07:39. > :07:46.covering the iconic image of the killer. He should be consigned to
:07:46. > :07:51.the bins of history. He does not need, it is the sort of attention,
:07:51. > :07:58.that is why he went to create his notoriety about such a callous act.
:07:58. > :08:07.He knew this was how the media would react. We are feeding that
:08:07. > :08:12.desire to achieve his aims. Thank you. This week saw the analogue
:08:12. > :08:15.signal being turned off in London and the surrounding areas. One of
:08:15. > :08:24.the last in a series of switch-over is across the country. One
:08:24. > :08:30.consequence is that that viewers will no longer be able to source of
:08:30. > :08:37.information. It is a source of nostalgia for many. It is called
:08:37. > :08:43.Ceefax. Have you wrote to us with this belief. Can somebody
:08:43. > :08:48.reconsider the abolition of Ceefax. I am housebound. There are
:08:49. > :08:54.thousands of people like me. No paper deliveries in this area.
:08:55. > :08:59.Please reconsider the abolition of this because I rely on it so much.
:08:59. > :09:03.No chance of the decision being reversed. But there may be some
:09:03. > :09:08.words of comfort from a block written by the editor of the BBC
:09:08. > :09:14.News website. He says although we will not be saying goodbye to
:09:14. > :09:23.Ceefax until later in the year, I wanted to send a note of
:09:23. > :09:33.reassurance. You can get a digital technical service providing this
:09:33. > :09:39.
:09:39. > :09:45.news. Are you trying to get tickets to see Usain Bolt, you cannot be
:09:45. > :09:50.unaware the Olympics are looming. On Wednesday, BBC news reported
:09:50. > :09:53.their 100 days to go until the extravaganza. This is one of a
:09:53. > :09:59.number of viewers who has written to us along these lines. For those
:09:59. > :10:04.of us without any interest in the event, can we expect any break from
:10:04. > :10:10.the torrent of propaganda from east London. We will be returning to
:10:10. > :10:13.this subject. It asked Weavers at one of last week's topics. Several
:10:13. > :10:21.viewers felt there was too much coverage marking 100 years since
:10:21. > :10:29.the Titanic went down. On Sunday, the anniversary of the sinking, it
:10:29. > :10:33.emerged that Andrew Marr agreed with the objections. We have had it
:10:33. > :10:38.cruises everything, will we be doing this for fatally crashes
:10:39. > :10:42.during the future? I think it has been sordid and tasteless and dull.
:10:42. > :10:50.Have after today we hear nothing about this story except from the
:10:50. > :10:55.driest of dry historians. No, you are not alone. Not a call for help
:10:55. > :10:59.this time, but the sound of remembrance. A number of the has
:10:59. > :11:06.contacted us on Sunday objecting to what they saw as a flood of Titanic
:11:06. > :11:11.related items. This woman e-mailed, no more about the Titanic. I am
:11:11. > :11:21.sickened about the way the event has been transformed into a media
:11:21. > :11:21.