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The Queen, the BBC and the “unreserved” apology

May 20, 2010 | Author

What is BBC quick to offer other than news? an hopeless apology. This time again Danny Kelly the 39-year host of the afternoon live show on BBC WM, while playing the National Anthem announced to his audience that Queen Elizabeth II had died. The producer of the show was heard to have jumped in to do the damage control and said, “You can’t say that!

Kelly on his part clarified that he was referring to a “friend” on the show Facebook page who had the same name and the person is missing now.

A BBC spokesman later said

The BBC apologizes unreservedly for it,” adding that the two-hour show broadcast from Birmingham would be taken over by another presenter  until next Tuesday

No matter what, but his joke has not gone down well with the BBC, as well with Media watchdogs. Secondly this episode has raised severe question about the honesty of the BBC. How many times do they repeat this, a trusted house that BBC is fast losing the sheen across the world. This blatant joke again has tarnished the BBC ever descending reputation.

Online reputation of BBC is also going down the drain. Type BBC on Google and ‘Queen death joke’ news appears on the first page, and rest the search engine will ensure to push it up the list when more people will start searching for this story post reading this blog.

Reputation Management For.com wonders if  The BBC know that it just takes a matter of time to lose that special place in the tabloid world.  This is one reason why the BBC should start thinking to put their house in order, before they are asked to fund themselves.

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BBC Bubble burst– take a closer look!

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BBC Bubble burst – take a closer look!

February 19, 2010 | Author

The largest broadcasting network in the world, BBC, is in a soup. Their refusal to co-operate with the filming of the light hearted entertainment ‘bubble’ has come as a jolt for many. Bubble was supposed to debut on Friday, but the latest confusion in BBC management has come as a dampener. The participant Nick Robinson who is BBC’s political editor along with their two other senior journalists George Alagiah and Huw Edward has been banned from taking part the program. The move is out of fear that it will hamper the reputation of it’s journalism and the way media works. Though the program format is popular across other countries, but BBC think  bubble treats audience as idiots.

BBC further added that Bubble is all about seeking attention and amassing popularity by confining three people in a house for several days with no access to the outer world. They will be shown video clips asking them to distinguish between the fake and authentic news. Sky News and ITV news who are supposed to be supplying the content on videos and news for the show are happy to be part of it. BBC’s news for the show will be from archives and stories from that corresponding week.

Why is BBC News so panicky about Bubble, and their apparent double standards? Supporters of the programme are wondering why they are so paranoid. Seems like BBC has not recovered from the lost confidence in its journalism after 2004 Hutton Inquiry and the 2007 fakery scandal of Queensgate documentary.

BBC being a reputed house needs to put things in order in the finest way possible, Reputation management is the need of the hour before viewers start thinking that all they do is force feed news everyday. Secondly are viewers being told that they are not smart enough to make out the difference between authentic and fake news stories?

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