02-05-2019 11:10 AM
Every time we have "local elections" the BBC removes all their links to regional news sites.
Why do they do that?
Towards the bottom of all regional pages are/were links to newspapers or local news agencies which are/were often more interesting/detailed than the BBC page itself! Why've they been removed?
There's no "local elections" in Wales right now but they've removed all the links from the Welsh regions too. WHY????
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
02-05-2019 12:40 PM
Be better to ask them wouldn't it?
02-05-2019 3:13 PM
Back to the top?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
02-05-2019 11:34 PM
03-05-2019 6:48 AM
So Sky (Live) say the Tories have lost 280 seats, while the BBC
and other News outlets (Live) are saying they've lost 380 seats
03-05-2019 1:50 PM
Perhaps you would kindly elucidate?
I can't see how (or why) a BBC news web page having a link to a local newspaper reporting on (for instance) how a horse was rescued from a muddy river bank would in any way interfere with or influence a local election?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
04-05-2019 6:56 AM
@al**bear wrote:So Sky (Live) say the Tories have lost 280 seats, while the BBC
and other News outlets (Live) are saying they've lost 380 seats
It took Sky over 2hrs to START catching up with the other News outlets
and of course their main story, for most of Yesterday, seems to have been
'How badly Labour have done'
They also Had a major story running in the Morning, about
'Warnings of the Tories losing 1000 Councillors are looking ridiculous'
as their loses reached 500, that story was dropped and never mentioned again
the end result --
Conservatives lose more than 1,300 councillors
04-05-2019 9:57 AM
04-05-2019 10:18 AM
I've stopped watching Sky News! I'm heartily sick of their preoccupation with politics, having loads of contrived rubbish which is not news promoted by two of the most pompous and over-opinionated blokes I've ever seen, AB and FI. There's far, far too much speculation in their reports coupled with their unwanted opinions.
You find them biased towards Conservatives Al? I found them biased towards Labour.
Also, they've changed schedules so that a political half hour just happens to be when I used to watch news and that daft programme "The Pledge" has been put on, again when I wanted to watch NEWS!
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
04-05-2019 10:25 AM
Going back to my OP, the elections were on Thursday, it's now Saturday, the BBC hasn't reinstated any links to local news sites yet?? Why not?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
10-05-2019 5:41 PM
Local elections.
didn't change much did they?
22-05-2019 8:09 PM
I'm still waiting for some explanation of your assertion that the BBC are required by electoral Law not to have links to local news sites during elections.
Now the EU elections are upon us, all the regional links have gone from the BBC site again BUT..... all the references to electioneering and the elections are still on the regional newspapers and news sites as are all other local news stories.
Even if all references to elections were required to be removed from the BBC site why are all the other items of news removed too?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
22-05-2019 9:57 PM
26-05-2019 10:35 PM
So far in Wales the Brexit party are way out in front. They topped the poll here with nearly 3 times the Labour vote.
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
27-05-2019 3:59 PM
Well now, the links to local news sites are back. No-one knows (and I mean know) why they get removed?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
29-05-2019 3:37 PM
04-06-2019 9:37 PM
Reality or parody ? who knows anymore
07-06-2019 2:29 PM
07-06-2019 3:27 PM
Watched a bit coverage after question time last night,the resuts came in,and listening to the BBC i thought Labour had lost ! Now stone cold loser Farage wants to be part of the negotiations,you couldn't make it up !
07-06-2019 11:55 PM
Sheeesch Joe there tories in here.You bow down to the masters.