:00:00. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to Newswatch with meets Amira Ahmed. Wimbledon fans
:00:18. > :00:22.have been glued to television screens this past fortnight,
:00:23. > :00:27.butchered tennis take priority of the news? And would have mail
:00:28. > :00:34.politician be asked if he had shed a tear on election night? We are
:00:35. > :00:38.coming to the end of the Wimbledon fortnight, an annual treat the
:00:39. > :00:43.tennis fans. But the source of frustration for authors never mind
:00:44. > :00:47.the many hours of live action on BBC One and BBC Two, the tournament has
:00:48. > :00:51.beat it strongly over the past two weeks on breakfast, the news channel
:00:52. > :00:54.and news bulletins. The have the features and the famously long queue
:00:55. > :00:59.for spectators to get into Wimbledon, the condition of Andy
:01:00. > :01:04.Murray's. Dodgy hip and discussion of the baby his wife is on the way.
:01:05. > :01:09.A number of injuries sustained by the players during matches, the
:01:10. > :01:13.state of the grass on court and of course, the progress of our great
:01:14. > :01:20.British single hopes. All lapped up by like strobe losing cream by a
:01:21. > :01:28.fishy Arnos. But not by Josh who wrote...
:01:29. > :01:35.On Tuesday night it was not so much a question of tennis beating in the
:01:36. > :01:39.news as instead of the news, specifically some local news
:01:40. > :01:43.bulletins as it came up to six o'clock the British number one woman
:01:44. > :01:48.was battling out on Centre Court in her quarterfinal and it was decided
:01:49. > :01:52.to keep showing that much on BBC One instead of the scheduled news at
:01:53. > :01:57.six. Meanwhile, and BBC Two they have abandoned their plan Wimbledon
:01:58. > :02:00.coverage for unscheduled repeat as rain meant no other matches were
:02:01. > :02:01.being played, confused, John Wilson certainly didn't understand the
:02:02. > :02:21.logic e-mailing... Another viewer Pat Brown was also
:02:22. > :02:28.annoyed by this and record this video to explain why. Hello
:02:29. > :02:33.Newswatch, we have been subscribers to the radio time the many a year.
:02:34. > :02:40.But, come Wimbledon fortnight perceptually might as well go out of
:02:41. > :02:46.the window. Prime example was on Tuesday, when at six o'clock the
:02:47. > :02:52.news was turned over to BBC Two, can't Wimbledon fans clip that
:02:53. > :02:59.channel? Perhaps not. Capping it all, no London News whatsoever that
:03:00. > :03:04.night. Why was that? Not very good BBC. The London news was in fact
:03:05. > :03:08.shown that evening later than scheduled, but another part of the
:03:09. > :03:12.UK such as Scotland and Northern Ireland the early evening regional
:03:13. > :03:16.bulletin. Altogether. We hope to discuss the reasoning behind this
:03:17. > :03:17.with someone from BBC television but no one was available, instead they
:03:18. > :03:54.gave as the statement. It has been a month now since the
:03:55. > :03:59.fire at Grenfell Tower in London in which at least 80 people died. Of
:04:00. > :04:02.Wednesday morning there was a report on the impact of the disaster has
:04:03. > :04:08.had on the local community, particularly in children. All the
:04:09. > :04:11.children here have witnessed unimaginable horror, we asked for a
:04:12. > :04:19.show of hands for those who knew someone who had died. This is the
:04:20. > :04:25.beginning of the healing progress, but we know that feeling will take
:04:26. > :04:29.years, very long time. Having watched that, once you have this to
:04:30. > :05:00.say... And Justin Pannell contacted us with
:05:01. > :05:27.some general thoughts on coverage of the Grenfell Tower one month on...
:05:28. > :05:34.And another report on the aftermath of Grenfell Tower came from Mark
:05:35. > :05:43.Easton on Wednesday's news at ten. It began like this. A black nail
:05:44. > :05:52.hammered into London's conscience. Grenfell Tower demands your
:05:53. > :06:01.attention. In its shadow the faces of the missing are everywhere. On
:06:02. > :06:06.trees and walls and bus shelters, unblinking it is hard to whole of
:06:07. > :06:07.the accuser Tory gaze. Several reviews posted their responses on
:06:08. > :06:35.twitter. One viewer wrote... And one viewer made the same point
:06:36. > :06:43.on camera. , BBC this is a serious news item, why did I have to have
:06:44. > :06:49.dramatic build-up music more akin to a drama such as Silent witness or
:06:50. > :06:51.Hollywood movie? This is the BBC is not Fox News, it was unnecessary
:06:52. > :07:05.trivialises a serious news item. On Wednesday MPs debated the abuse
:07:06. > :07:09.and intimidation of Parliamentary candidate after a cross-party report
:07:10. > :07:13.said the Sergeant, racism and bigotry was on the rise. Politicians
:07:14. > :07:19.such as Diane Abbott described the repeated online abuse they had been
:07:20. > :07:23.subjected to. Theresa May has ordered an enquiry into the subject.
:07:24. > :07:36.William McNulty rang me with these thoughts. If you know that the
:07:37. > :07:40.Labour Prime Minister is addressed all Alli or Jeremy Corbyn is
:07:41. > :07:48.addressed, by members of Newsnight the media in general is aggressive
:07:49. > :07:54.in their tone against politicians and unfortunately I think this
:07:55. > :08:00.translates to members of the public. I think the media, certainly the BBC
:08:01. > :08:06.although they alone, have contributed to the levels of abuse
:08:07. > :08:16.that politicians have to put up with today. On Wednesday's daily politics
:08:17. > :08:21.the Labour MP came to discuss the scale of personal abuse directed at
:08:22. > :08:23.politicians. I think it's been getting worse, I don't get that much
:08:24. > :08:32.XXX. It comes overwhelmingly from the
:08:33. > :08:37.right, but it does not matter where it comes from it is unacceptable and
:08:38. > :08:45.anyone who practices that is wrong. I think you had not use abusive
:08:46. > :08:51.language is. And sometimes it is appropriate. I feel very strongly.
:08:52. > :08:57.Understand but don't use it again. In that live discussed in they were
:08:58. > :09:02.unable to bleep out the ten used by the MP which led to this response
:09:03. > :09:06.from Mr Thomas. I do not want to be sitting here with my grandchildren
:09:07. > :09:15.listening to people come out of disgusting language. There are
:09:16. > :09:22.little children about at this time of the day. Another political
:09:23. > :09:26.interview cause more controversy this week, conducted by Emma Barnett
:09:27. > :09:29.on radio five live she asked the Prime Minister how she reacted on
:09:30. > :09:39.election night when she saw the exit poll. Did you have a cry? I felt,
:09:40. > :09:48.devastated, really. Devastated enough to shed a tear? Yes, a little
:09:49. > :09:55.tear. At that moment. At that moment yes. That the mission was headlined
:09:56. > :10:00.throughout the day, it is worth bearing in mind that interviews like
:10:01. > :10:04.this on a range between the Prime Minister's offers and the programme,
:10:05. > :10:07.but some viewers felt a line of questioning and the prominence given
:10:08. > :10:27.to it played into gender stereotypes.
:10:28. > :10:49.Finally, back to tennis and the defeats of Britain's great hopes
:10:50. > :10:58.Andy Murray and joke onto. Here are the headlines from the News at six
:10:59. > :11:01.on Wednesday and Thursday. And Andy Murray crashes out of the
:11:02. > :11:06.quarterfinals at Wimbledon and finally admit he was injured. And
:11:07. > :11:15.the end of a dream for Britain's Konta as she crashes out of the
:11:16. > :11:36.Wimbledon semifinals. One viewer wanted, -- one viewer wondered...
:11:37. > :11:41.Thank you for all your comments this week, if you want to shake your
:11:42. > :11:56.opinions on BBC News and current affairs or appear in the programme
:11:57. > :12:01.follows... -- you can call us... Do have a look at our website. That is
:12:02. > :12:03.all, we will be back to hear your thoughts about BBC News coverage
:12:04. > :12:18.again next week. Goodbye. Hello, so far not so good for the
:12:19. > :12:19.weekend whether there is some others brightened up on