Prince Philip has died

Better and more honest than "He was wonderful and I'll miss him forever."

Does every speech about the DoE have to mention the DoE Award now? I missed that order. Anyway, the other leaders included it.

Very well done on behalf of Patrick Harvie.

Alegrias1 yes, Too long for a comment site. you are not the only one to have seen/read/heard this.

lemsip

Alegrias1 yes, Too long for a comment site. you are not the only one to have seen/read/heard this.

Are you telling me off? ?‍♀‍

Join the club Alegrias there’s a lot of telling off going on today???

Funny how we all see things differently.

I thought Harvie’s speech was snippy, unpleasant and all about him/his party.

lemsip

Alegrias1 yes, Too long for a comment site. you are not the only one to have seen/read/heard this.

Wow that is rude !

Yes, the DoE award should always be mentioned. It was prince Philip's greatest achievement. It now operates worldwide and ovwe 3 million young people have benefitted from it. No eulogy looking at him as a whole person should leave it out.

BBC 'receives 100,000 complaints' that Prince Philip coverage was excessive

I know a lot of people like the royal family, here

A different perspective

Philip and the tiger

bellacaledonia.org.uk/2021/04/12/philip-and-the-tiger/

I’m sure all 100,000 plus feel proud of themselves for having made the BBC aware of its error. There’s nothing like pointing out someone else’s faults to make you feel virtuous.

They were making a valid complaint to the state broadcaster, who had specifically enabled them to do so.

Mollygo

I’m sure all 100,000 plus feel proud of themselves for having made the BBC aware of its error. There’s nothing like pointing out someone else’s faults to make you feel virtuous.

Are you implying that they shouldn’t have complained? Didn’t PP fight for a world in which people were free to complain? The BBC made a huge error and it’s not ‘virtuous’ to point this out as it’s the State funded broadcaster. I read today that 116 people complained that the BBC made it too easy to complain. Down the rabbit hole or what? ??

AmberSpyglass

They were making a valid complaint to the state broadcaster, who had specifically enabled them to do so.

But they did then take the online complaint form down do we’ll never know the true number.

The BBC news site reported that the Sun newspaper reported that 100,000 people complained. The BBC refused to confirm or deny, but pointed out that the number will be in their usual fortnightly report, published this coming Friday.

Sorry, published on Thursday.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-56721078

I find it quite comical that every publication, respected or not, seems to have gone with the headline of the Beeb receiving 100,000 complaints. With the disclaimer “it is reported” or “allegedly” or “as published in the Sun” buried somewhere in the report.

It must be a slow news day.

Maggiemaybe

The BBC news site reported that the Sun newspaper reported that 100,000 people complained. The BBC refused to confirm or deny, but pointed out that the number will be in their usual fortnightly report, published this coming Friday.

Except they took the form down. Straight out of the Downing Street playlist of behaviours. But then the current BBC boss is a big Tory donor

Nobody forces anyone to keep the tv on if they don’t like the content, or to read newspapers.How should the media have reacted to the death of Prince Philip ( or the Queen in future)?
A snippet at the end of the news or weather?
If 100,000 people complained they were missing Eastenders or whatever, then so what? How many live in the UK, many many millions, who didn’t complain.

I complained about a BBC reporter telling an actual lie on the News - I know it was a lie because I saw the event he was referring to in real time. I also complained about the inaccurate and sensational coverage of the pandemic. The first one, by the way, led to a demonstration outside BBC Scotland in Glasgow.

Both times, ignored. But schedules being cleared for the coverage of the death of a historic figure, everyone's up in arms.

What a funny old world we live in....

lemongrove

Nobody forces anyone to keep the tv on if they don’t like the content, or to read newspapers.How should the media have reacted to the death of Prince Philip ( or the Queen in future)?
A snippet at the end of the news or weather?
If 100,000 people complained they were missing Eastenders or whatever, then so what? How many live in the UK, many many millions, who didn’t complain.

No one is saying it should have been a ‘snippet’ and you know that. It’s a question of degree

Just looking at the insistance of the media as to who the 30 attendees of the funeral will be. Does this mean there'll be a bloomin' week's inquest if there happens to be 31 ?
Must stick to the rules your Royal Highnesses !

I'm getting heartily sick of reading things like this especially seeing the crowds in shops etc yesterday.

And?

Except they took the form down. Straight out of the Downing Street playlist of behaviours. But then the current BBC boss is a big Tory donor

They did take the form down for specific complaints about the coverage, suzie, as they said the numbers were dropping off. But they made it clear that people could still complain through the normal channels, by phone, online form or post. It’ll be interesting to see what the final figure is.

Television / Radio stations & News Papers have been gifted with a storyline that they can run & run , they are making Hay Whilst The Sun Shines. Ohh & lots of money!

BBC Two lost two-thirds of its audience, with an average of only 340,000 people tuning in at any time between 7pm and 11pm. ITV also experienced a drop after it ditched its Friday night schedule to broadcast tributes to the duke.