That's not BBC news
That's newsbeat, the 'youth' based news. So that is relevant to their interests. The fact it's popular shows how they cater for everyone.
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^This
Newsbeat is worth nought.
This explains it all:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZmCzRrQZM
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Varmint, Wed 15 Feb 2017, 11:30,
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Doesn't explain why the output is such garbage
or why these "stories" are intermingled with actual news front and centre on the BBC news homepage.
See also the Philip Pullman book plug right there at the moment.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 15 Feb 2017, 11:33,
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It's amazing how much the BBC dominates and sets the news agenda.
Some actor leaves a kids' TV show (Dr. Who) and somehow that becomes a widely covered national news story. Same deal when some Z lister joins the cast of Eastenders. Load of shite cunts.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 15 Feb 2017, 11:39,
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True. You never get Coronation Street,
X Factor or Big Brother stories on the front pages.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 15 Feb 2017, 14:11,
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I see your point
but those stories are almost exclusively the preserve of red tops such as The Sun, Star, Mirror. That Dr. Who story was covered in The Times, Telegraph and Guardian. It was a lead Headline on the Today program every hour.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 15 Feb 2017, 14:22,
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