Phones, letters, e-mails
| 10:50 UK time, Thursday, 10 August 2006
Among the audience comments to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ in the past 24 hours were many on coverage of the Middle East crisis, with one person complaining that the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is not devoting enough airtime to the story.
Also, some people remarked on coverage of the verdict in - with at least one person saying that the story should not have led any of the news bulletins.
We also received the following comment in an email:
I no longer see the need for news. Up until now I believed that news reporting had some effect on the perpetrators of violence - I'm afraid those days are gone.
Comments
I agree that the media has huge responsibility in promoting instability.
I was shocked by National Geographic Channel programming of terrorist plots I once watched on NGC the recreation of a terrorist attack on a PAL flight from Cebu. The terrorist hid liquid materials for the explosive in a lens-cleaning bottle. Today I wake up to the terror plot on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World and that liquids are not being allowed on board. Coincidence or did the plotters watched the same programme?
"Also, some people remarked on the coverage of the verdict in the Damilola Taylor case - with at least one person saying that the story should not have led any of the news bulletins."
What on earth! I suppose the same person has just called you to say the foiled attacks shouldn't lead the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's news bulletins, too...