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Welcome to news watch. 100 days of build up to a certain sporting

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event and 100 years since the Titanic went down. Criticism that

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BBC went overboard on the anniversary. Complaints are now

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back, a news channel sticking with a big story for too long, and too

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much graphic detail been given about crimes and the natural

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disasters. And another another charge that the BBC provides a

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place for criminals to justify their actions. We got all four

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accusations on Monday about the same event. The trial of the man

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who killed 77 people last July was always going to attract worldwide

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attention. But by mid-morning on the first day, many people had had

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enough. A woman who died instantly, a 30-year-old who died instantly.

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What information of relevance to be gained from this ceaseless barrage

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of death delivered monotone by a translator. Has nothing of note

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happened in the last 24 hours. Although some of the distressing

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detail on his testimony was not broadcast, I was subjected to

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repeated use of the far-right salute and the coverage served as a

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propaganda machine for the kill. It was impossible to escape the face

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It was acknowledged in the conversation, that you get the

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impression he is relishing this. He is thinking, this is exactly what I

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want. We are giving him the microphone that he wants. On the

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lunchtime news, he had another interviewee. His colleague Matthew

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price. Lynne Francis wondered, cannot he not introduce information

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Two discussed the trial I am joined by the control of the BBC News

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channel. Colin Russell what did you make of the coverage of the event,

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you contacted us by the mouth. Aynho it is no fault of you as the

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transmitter of what has been pervading the court, it is the

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prosecution case has put forward and it is explaining in graphic

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detail the entry and exit wounds inflicted by the killer on his

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victims. I felt it went too far. It was repeated time and again. Each

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victim was named and they went through the same procedure. I

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thought the coverage was too graphic. It was too much in terms

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of the volume of coverage. I understand this is a big news item.

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You have a present outside the court building. I would have

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thought it may have been better, once we have had to will three

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descriptions of the injuries on the victims, may have been better,

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better production to move to the outside presenter so he could have

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finished off with a summary of what was going on in the courthouse. Too

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much graphic detail about the injuries, necessary detail? I think

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Mr Russell has a point. The details were upsetting. They were is laid

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out by the prosecution as pretty straightforward medical details.

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The story of each victim was a very sad. The difficulty was, for us, we

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did consider this during the reading out of this, his comedy you

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look like you are devaluing some of the victims by coming out and

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saying we have had enough of that. Because each individual story and

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face we have to understand what he carried out. Do you think there is

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a danger that by giving so much attention that you are giving this

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fairly dreadful person the oxygen of publicity? I think that is a

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danger. You are fuelling his desire for the oxygen he requires to put

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his perverted agenda across. He feels he is acting in a deluded way

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and the best countries of his countrymen. Another viewer has

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complained to us about you taking a still image of the right-wing

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salute. Turning it into an iconic image. We did not create the iconic

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image. The killer did it in court for the first two days. It was

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picked up by every media organisation because it was one of

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the iconic images of the day. The viewers in the audience are

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extremely well informed and intelligent. They can listen to the

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accounts of what he did and see the way you behaved in court. We have

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confidence they can make their own judgments. Another viewer has

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complained about the BBC reporters interviewing each other. They are

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surprised this goes on. In such financial times for BBC news.

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had three reporters there. He was wondering all the live coverage. By

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having him there, presenting our coverage meant we could to a joint

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service for BBC World. Matthew Price was turn the television news

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packages. That means he cannot do live coverage. We would not have

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been able to do the same coverage. John socle a cover the original

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events. He has been back to Norway to talk to families and groups who

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have an interest in it. He has an ongoing interest and understanding

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in the story. I was keen that his understanding should be bought on

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that story. What have you made of the case Kevin Black Hirst has put

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in how would you like the BBC liked to cover the rest of this trial

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which could last ten weeks? appreciate Kevin's explanation as

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to the coverage. I am concerned as well as his mention -- of him

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covering the iconic image of the killer. He should be consigned to

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the bins of history. He does not need, it is the sort of attention,

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that is why he went to create his notoriety about such a callous act.

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He knew this was how the media would react. We are feeding that

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desire to achieve his aims. Thank you. This week saw the analogue

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signal being turned off in London and the surrounding areas. One of

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the last in a series of switch-over is across the country. One

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consequence is that that viewers will no longer be able to source of

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information. It is a source of nostalgia for many. It is called

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Ceefax. Have you wrote to us with this belief. Can somebody

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reconsider the abolition of Ceefax. I am housebound. There are

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thousands of people like me. No paper deliveries in this area.

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Please reconsider the abolition of this because I rely on it so much.

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No chance of the decision being reversed. But there may be some

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words of comfort from a block written by the editor of the BBC

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News website. He says although we will not be saying goodbye to

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Ceefax until later in the year, I wanted to send a note of

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reassurance. You can get a digital technical service providing this

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news. Are you trying to get tickets to see Usain Bolt, you cannot be

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unaware the Olympics are looming. On Wednesday, BBC news reported

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their 100 days to go until the extravaganza. This is one of a

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number of viewers who has written to us along these lines. For those

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of us without any interest in the event, can we expect any break from

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the torrent of propaganda from east London. We will be returning to

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this subject. It asked Weavers at one of last week's topics. Several

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viewers felt there was too much coverage marking 100 years since

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the Titanic went down. On Sunday, the anniversary of the sinking, it

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emerged that Andrew Marr agreed with the objections. We have had it

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cruises everything, will we be doing this for fatally crashes

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during the future? I think it has been sordid and tasteless and dull.

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Have after today we hear nothing about this story except from the

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driest of dry historians. No, you are not alone. Not a call for help

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this time, but the sound of remembrance. A number of the has

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contacted us on Sunday objecting to what they saw as a flood of Titanic

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related items. This woman e-mailed, no more about the Titanic. I am

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sickened about the way the event has been transformed into a media

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