tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post4016135969830005294..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Sky's Eamonn Holmes uses Twitter to crow over BBC about Amy Winehouse's deathAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-19790772944228164102011-07-24T12:24:03.967+01:002011-07-24T12:24:03.967+01:00Jeff,
Yes, I remember that leading blogger's ...Jeff,<br /><br />Yes, I remember that leading blogger's embarrassing moment. To give him credit, though, he did grovellingly apologise for his mistake. <br /><br />I think it's legitimate to be a bit annoyed with Eamonn over this without detracting from our very natural revulsion and anger at the perpetrators of the atrocity in Norway.<br /><br />I think the second tweet, in which he takes Clare Priest to task, was a bit rude, to be honest.<br /><br />Tris, I think Amy's death was a newsworthy event which deserved coverage. However, I was disappointed with some of the nature of the BBC's coverage. You could take as read that people visiting the home of someone just found dead are going to be upset - you don't need a BBC reporter giving all the intrusive gory details.<br /><br />The loss of young life, whether at the hands of a brutal and cruel murderer or in the grip of a brutal and cruel addiction is just horrible and something which requires our compassion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-78723270819233275992011-07-24T10:31:24.793+01:002011-07-24T10:31:24.793+01:00I don't know, there seems to have been a lot o...I don't know, there seems to have been a lot of misdirected anger over the past few days given Hacking/Norway/Amy and I think that's a little bit at play here to be honest Caron.<br /><br />I don't really see what the problem is with Eamonn's 1st & 2nd tweets, though I do agree with you that the 'one-upmanship' over other news channels is particularly unseemly, given the context. It reminds me of a certain leading blogger down south being chuffed with his wee self about breaking the news of an MP dying first only to later have to admit that his facts were wrong and said MP was alive and well.<br /><br />It's pretty sad if this is the direction that 24hour news/twitter/blogs is collectively taking us but, as I say at the start, I suspect anger should be almost wholly reserved for the real perpetrators of Oslo/hackgate, not cuddly Eamonn.<br /><br />(And of the two options the charming first commenter offered you; I'd suggest doing neither. Imho, growing up is vastly overrated after all!)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-80240260366500464612011-07-24T00:17:38.344+01:002011-07-24T00:17:38.344+01:00Holmes is, of course a low life. Well, he works fo...Holmes is, of course a low life. Well, he works for Sky.... 'nuff said.<br /><br />I have to say though, that I tuned in to BBC 24 at around 6 to try to get the latest news on the tragedy that is unfolding in Norway, to be treated to 3/4 hour of the death of a pop/jazz singer.<br /><br />Now tragic though that may be for her family, and sad for her fans, it hardly ranks in the same category as some mad Christian fundamentalist gunman/bomber killing 85 children.<br /><br />I'd suggest that the BBC needs to take a hard look at its priorities, unless it has decided to replace the news of the World at the lower end of the news market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-57862069417996302722011-07-23T22:26:56.078+01:002011-07-23T22:26:56.078+01:00I commend you on your rational line of argument.I commend you on your rational line of argument.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.com