BBC receives 1350 complaints about Mandela coverage

Fred Swanson

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keeponhurling

While they make a very reasonable argument, it's kinda surprising so many people actually went to the bother of

I mean, 1350 is a lot

snubbleste

In fairness now it was and still is coverage overkill.
It is not as though he was assassinated, we all knew he was ill for months.
I'd expect it if Lizzy Windsor croaked it but no-one else.

wazky

They probably receive that many complaints when someone has the top button undone also, lots of people out there with lots of time on their hands.

Conmaicne Mara

Always wondered how many paid up members of the conservative party there were, now I know.

wretcheddomain

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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1,350 grannies who couldn't wait to see the end of that dreadful sitcom.

NuckingFacker

Nelson Mandela is dead?!?? Jasus, I hadn't heard.

fedor.2.

If they pay a license fee, they are entitled to complain

Fred Swanson

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snubbleste

fedor.2. wrote: »

If they pay a license fee, they are entitled to complain

I agree. The viewer has to have an input into the service they receive.
(clearly does not work with rté)

NuckingFacker

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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I'd no idea. We don't have the internet.

1350 isn't a lot, probably. They probably receive that over pretty much anything. I think that Ghostwatch special they did a few years back received around 10,000?

I wonder how many emails they received congratulating them on interrupting Mrs Brown's Boys?

TeddyTedson

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1350 isn't a lot, probably. They probably receive that over pretty much anything. I think that Ghostwatch special they did a few years back received around 10,000?

I wonder how many emails they received congratulating them on interrupting Mrs Brown's Boys?

Yeah I doubt that's much for them either.
You'll always find a few who will complain about pretty much anything.

I didn't see much of the coverage however Sky News are always particularly bad for becoming obsessed with a news story, they really know how to bleed something dry.

Teyla Emmagan

I must admit, I have Mandela fatigue at this stage. But who gives a d&mn if a million episodes of Mrs Brown's Boys are interrupted, they should be grateful.

foreverme99

Why interrupt a program? Everyone should know by now that he has passed away (unless you've been living under a rock). Keep the news to 'the news' at the allocated times.

Call Me Jimmy

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I can just see the headline on the ticker going across the screen: RED ALERT UPDATE: MANDELA STILL DEAD AS PRODDING WITH STICK CONTINUES

snubbleste

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

I can just see the headline on the ticker going across the screen: RED ALERT UPDATE: MANDELA STILL DEAD AS PRODDING WITH STICK CONTINUES

SKYNews

SpaceTime

1350 people really need to get hobbies!
I can guarantee you that you'd get a similar number of complaints about pretty much anything.

So, 0.0021% of the UK whinge about TV channel covering a major event. Hardly a news story!

mikeym

All the complainants must be tory voters.

Femme_Fatale

They probably wouldn't have said a word against the cringey saturation of the Diana coverage - but different story when it's a non white non Briton... despite achieving far more than Diana ever did.

Mint Aero

Just goes to show how thick & ignorant Mrs. Browns fans generally are :rolleyes:

errlloyd

At least its 2013, you can just change the channel, I spent most of the late 90s watching coverage of Princess Diana's death.

cletus van damme

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

.. despite achieving far more than Diana ever did.

ah here...i'm on for a bit of exaggeration but you've gone too far.

UCDVet

If BBC is anything like RTE - then the citizens are being forced to pay for it whether they want to or not.

So, unlike other business models, where they could make their disapproval known by changing the channel or cancelling the service or going to another provider - they can't. They're forced to pay. The best they can do is try to make their wishes known so that the station might grant them the favour of trying to accommodate them.

I don't see a problem with it. Publicly funded entertainment should appeal to the masses - people should be encouraged to make their opinions known.

Donkey Oaty

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

They probably wouldn't have said a word against the cringey saturation of the Diana coverage - but different story when it's a non white non Briton... despite achieving far more than Diana ever did.

At the time an academic wrote a mildly critical analysis of the media hysteria, and it didn't go down well.

I think it was The Sun that responded by calling him "a rat-faced little loser."

Edit: Just checked, and it was the Daily Mirror.

Donkey Oaty

UCDVet wrote: »

Publicly funded entertainment should appeal to the masses

In fact, the argument is usually precisely the opposite - but we'll let that pass for now.

take everything

Selection bias.

keeponhurling

Why are people saying the people complaining are Torys? Maybe they just genuinely are sick of the coverage or want news items kept to The News

When you consider that the BBC have a 24 hour news channel and there is the "red button" option as well, there was really no need to interrupt the entertainment channel at all.

A rolling caption at the bottom of the screen to alert viewers would have been enough.

hfallada

Like how much can you really report on a person who South Africans, who been expecting to die for the last 3 years? Especially since there has been endless reports that he was on his death bed for months.

porsche959

keeponhurling wrote: »

Why are people saying the people complaining are Torys? Maybe they just genuinely are sick of the coverage or want news items kept to The News

If it is true that the people complaining are right wing Tories, at least they are more consistent than the Irish self-hating West Brit brigade, who fawn to the ANC while viewing anything connected with Sinn Fein or Irish nationalism as the spawn of the devil.

dxhound2005

porsche959 wrote: »

If it is true that the people complaining are right wing Tories, at least they are more consistent than the Irish self-hating West Brit brigade, who fawn to the ANC while viewing anything connected with Sinn Fein or Irish nationalism as the spawn of the devil.

The other recently departed world statesman, Gadaffi, who was a great friend of your friends never got the coverage he deserved. Shameful.

snubbleste

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The other recently departed world statesman, Gadaffi, who was a great friend of your friends never got the coverage he deserved. Shameful.

Gaddafi was a great friend of Mandela. Mandela even gave him one of ZA's highest honours.
"Those who feel irritated by our friendship with President Gaddafi can go jump in the pool."- President Nelson Mandela

hansfrei

snubbleste wrote: »

Gaddafi was a great friend of Mandela. Mandela even gave him one of ZA's highest honours.
"Those who feel irritated by our friendship with President Gaddafi can go jump in the pool."- President Nelson Mandela

G'daffy socialised profits from oil to give to the poor and himself. That cnut from the Labour party does the opposite and gets to go to NMs funeral. Should have kicked.him out.....