Well you're not wrong but
the BBC set the news agenda like no one else, and the fact that they are saturating much of their news and entertainment coverage with Eastenders stories means that their lead is followed. They cynically do this with a lot of their other light entertainment output. The new casting of a Doctor Who becomes front page national news? Check. Someone spits their dummy out on Bake Off? Someone can't dance very well on Strictly? This is not newsworthy, but the BBC makes it so. This isn't public service broadcasting, it's shameless self promotion.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 22 Feb 2015, 16:35,
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