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Royal Bank of Scotland, all down. Now it is in for news what with the

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Raymond Snoddy, and this week coverage of the Olympics build up

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Welcome. On this week's programme... So many people have turned out here

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at Land's End. Many people really proud that Cornwall should be the

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place the talk starts. And they have loved it here, haven't you?

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Not everyone loves watching the progress of the Olympic torch

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around the UK. In a moment, we will be debating with the BBC News is or

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should be a cheerleader for London 2012. First, a look back at the

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arrival of some precious cargo. Safely delivered from Greece to

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Cornwall, the flame at the cauldron last Friday with the assistance of

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David Beckham. The following morning, the moment many but not

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everyone had been waiting for. health the flame. The start of the

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70 day journey dominated that day's breakfast, eliciting this response.

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That, though, was the minority. Everything fell by the wayside in

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favour of this torch relay on Saturday morning. Mike Hughes e-

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Linda Hughes was equally Despite those views, it is safe to

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assume the BBC has plenty more of that torch. We will hear plenty

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more about that taught and the ceremony before the opening of the

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Olympics. How much should any sporting event to displace the

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normal news agenda? And his BBC News effectively acting as a

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propaganda machine for the Olympics? To give me their views on

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that, I am joined by head of the BBC newsroom and by two viewers.

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First novel, Andy, what do you make of the Olympic coverage? -- first

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of all. I would like a more balanced view, and in not accepting

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view of everything the committee is and Seb Coe says as fact. I would

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also like to know from Mary that can she guarantee that at some

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point in the month during the Olympics and Paralympics, I would

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like some haven of sanity where those millions of us that do not

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like sport, who do not appreciate the Olympics coming to our cities

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to retire to and actually have some sanity in the world? I am worried

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and concerned and have been since January since we got the propaganda

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rammed down our throats that there is going to be no haven for us, for

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millions of us, who despise and absolutely do step -- that has the

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obscene amount of money spent on it. I would like to go to Andrew. I

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understand you are not so anti- Olympics per say, what is your

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concern about BBC coverage? It is the balance between the Olympic

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coverage, or the imbalance between the Olympic coverage and the news,

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like on Saturday morning. They covered the breakfast programme

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with the Olympic torch and very little else apart from some brief

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mention of the military parade in winds. I got so fed up watching

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that not knowing what was going on in the world, I swapped over to Sky

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News and it was almost the BBC is the broadcast of the Olympics so

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they see it as their job to promote it, which it clearly isn't. Plenty

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there for Mary. Propaganda, too much, neglecting proper news

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stories... The decision for breakfast on Saturday morning was

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to recognise that in terms of live events, the torch and the beginning

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of its journey was the live event of the morning with amazing

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pictures and, crucially, an amazing turnout by the public. One of the

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things I would like to focus on his you may be worried what we are

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somehow promoting something because of the Olympics Committee or

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whatever. We are responding to what has emerged as a big news event

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with a really big participation by the British public. What about you

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are providing propaganda and the BBC is setting about its proper

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sense of scepticism? Whether you like it or not, and I accept you do

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not like it, this is a big news event happening in Britain this

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summer. You raise an important point about the range of coverage

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and voices and the proper scepticism. We have done a lot of

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reporting both on the Channel and on the bulletins around issues like

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the cost and ticketing process. We have had an issue about the

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Ukrainian Olympics official about ticket touting. We have looked up

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security, transport, the possible destruction. We will continue to

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air and look at those aspects. Let's get some reaction. Has Mary

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convinced you? After -- I suppose, but you should stick to news. The

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people want to watch sport, they can go and what other sports

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channels available. For us to do not like the Olympics or any form

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of sport, please keep the news to the news and keep sport to its

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sections within the new spot. Andrew Taylor, what do you make of

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Mary's answer? Why asked it was important to show the departure of

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the torch from Land's End, that was probably enough. We didn't need a

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present on the ground for an hour more talking about something that

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had happened already. You could level the same argument at the

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presenter at the airport the night before waiting for the plane to

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touch down. But it is important, it is a national event. But that

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national event comes to four at the opening ceremony. I would like to

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move on to the news coverage around the time of the Olympics itself.

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Can you assure viewers there will be half an hour of News at One

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o'clock, 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock, and that programmes like Newsnight

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will not disappear? I can absolutely assure you that news

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will be a big part of the BBC's offer through the Olympics. BBC One

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becomes, essentially, an Olympics and news channel, and most days the

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news will be at the times you normally get it. There will be some

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days it will be at different times because of a particular sporting

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event, but everyone will know when the news will be. To your point

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about a haven, I can reassure you up to a point, I think. I'm afraid

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I am not able to tell you the news will be an Olympics reserve and,

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because that would not be the right thing to do for a news point of

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view. If you want an utter haven, you will not have to read a paper,

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not put the radio on and not look at the television. I can assure you,

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you will get a good dose of other news as well as Olympics news, and

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they will be plenty of scope for mum Olympics programming -- thorn

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on Olympics programming. Thank you took all of you.

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-- thank you to all of you. Let's have some of the other issues.

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The priority given to the deaths of pop stars and others and the

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entertainment business is often controversial and so with the news

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that Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees had died. These were the thoughts of

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Patricia Latham. Absolutely appalled this morning.

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In view of everything that is going on this morning. Somebody, a Bee

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Gees had died at 61. A pop star. Most of us are appalled. This is

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the main news the BBC is showing? . The reporting it be on the

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ongoing saga of the eurozone's woes. The tone of that coverage has been

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