25/04/2014 Newswatch

Now it is time for Newswatch. This week, we concentrate on the

prominence given to the News of the sacking of David Moyes.

Hello and welcome to the programme. Coming up... You are fired. The

sacking of David Moyes by Manchester United receives extensive coverage

on the news. Some viewers suggest that the priority given to it is an

editors should force them to consider their own position. The two

down under. Did the BBC help the tour with sycophantic coverage? Are

actors would the mumbling or our news presenters guilty as well? ``

guilty of mumbling. Football management is not secure

profession so it was no great surprise that Manchester United

dismissed David Moyes. Was it big news? Yes, according to most media

organisations including the BBC. It was at the top of most of the

bulletins. The dream job that turned into a nightmare. Ibid. Moyes is

sacked by Manchester United. During his short term at the helm he was

criticised and his team failed to qualify for the Champions League. We

look at how it went so wrong so quickly. Hundreds of viewers were

not convinced that the priority given was not justified. These are

the thoughts of some of our viewers. One of our viewers joins us now. And

we are also joined by the editor of the Six O'Clock News and the Ten

O'Clock News. Thank you both. What was your objection to the coverage?

In view of everything that is going on in the world, including the

situation in the Ukraine, and fought to the news programmes lead on? It

is the sacking of a football manager. If they lead on every

single senior member of a large company that was dismissed, you

would do nothing else but talk about that. What made you choose that news

item? Let's ask him bad. We thought long and hard about what goes into

the programme. `` lets as came about that. We knew that sport polarises

people. In this digital case, we heard a story with a number of

strong elements. `` in this particular case. It had a strong

business, and a human element as well. It was also a strong global

story. Manchester United is a global brand and distribute most around the

world. Nothing was squeezed out or programme. `` and is recognised.

What about the claim that nothing was squeezed out of the programme?

To me, I got bored with the news. I was fed up with the conjecture about

one person being sacked. I could understand it may be being an item

of news. But given all the ball coverage that you already have,

surely a discussion could have taken place on an alternative platform? It

took up almost a quarter of the bullet and on Tuesday. Ukraine got

two minutes. How was that proportionate? `` quarter of the

bulletin. Ukraine has been comprehensively covered this week on

all of our bulletins. There was no mention of Nigeria or South Sudan on

your programme. No mention on the Six O'Clock News that date. But they

were covered on the Ten O'Clock News. People turn onto your

bulletins and they expect to get comprehensive news coverage. The

Manchester United story would always have been in the programme whether

it was at the top or the bottom. The Six O'Clock News and the Ten O'Clock

News have different priorities. The way the BBC reports these stories is

not necessarily good news reporting. It could be seen as

feeding a tabloid hysteria. Is David Moyes responsible for the team

losing on his own? That is very much of what the football industry would

like it to be. We covered all aspects of the story, to do with the

club and the commercial issues. At the heart of the story, when David

Moyes was appointed, was the idea that like Sir Alex Ferguson, he

would be given a recent duration of time to make a success of the job.

Within one year he was out of the job. The World Cup lies ahead. What

does the BBC need to change about how it covers the stories? Quite

frankly, I think that sport is sport and should remain there. What is it

about Manchester United? It is said that all club. Yes, they have a

large commercial background. It is no bigger than many companies in

this country. It has a lot of supporters. But other clubs probably

feel the club should be given more airtime as well. There was an off

the club should be given more airtime as well. There was an offer

lot of time spent on football. You have all of the big programmes. ``

an awful lot of time. Thank you both very much.

Do let us know your thoughts on the priority given to foot all stories

are any aspect of BBC News. `` football stories. We look now at BBC

coverage of the Royal trip to Australia. The trip of the Duke and

Duchess of Cambridge has been judged a great success. Here is a reminder

of some of the Bordeaux opportunities. Prince George seemed

a little bashful. But then a girl called his side. Not an entirely

successful encounter. She retired in tears! Walking in the sand in which

us cannot be easy but going barefoot was not an option. A visit to the

zoo is a child's the light. There was an enclosure at the Sioux in

Sydney, and a small animal for him to get to know. Pictures to warm the

heart. `` an enclosure at the zoo. But some of our viewers noted...

Like a a tricky subject on how the BBC handles the subject of

independence in Scotland. Business per Scotland questioned why the BBC

had not, like other organisations, resigned its membership of the

Confederation of British Industry. On Thursday, the BBC announced it

was suspending its membership. It said it was to protect its

neutrality. That wanted one correspondent to write... ``

prompted. Finally, the subject which occupied the audience feedback team

was not news related, although some felt it had a relevance to news.

Thousands complained that much of the dialogue in Jamaica In was

inaudible, Lamy aired in part on mumbling from the actors. `` blaming

it. A correspondent said... Mumbling was also on the mind of

another correspondent. I will try and in and see it clearly and say

thank you very much for all of your comments. If you want to share your

comments get in touch with us. That's all for now. Thanks for

joining us. Good evening. Good evening. Many of us will be glad to

see the back of the date. It has been very wet for some of us. What

does the weekend have in store? It will be windy for some of us. We

should see some decent spells of