The BBC really seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel with their reporting. This really affects thousands of people all of whom couldn't care less what Chris Hodgson (bless him) thinks of the level of customer support that has been provided to him today.
I think OP was complaining about the vox pop rather than the report of the hack or outage (which is newsworthy)
It’s safer as a news writer to report “X says Foo” rather than “Foo”. It’s a sad reflection of the times.
Even accepting that though, They could have stated “there were anecdotal reports of outages over the last few days” (I wouldn’t personally as it’s just hearsay), but there is a belief (presumably backed by some research) that people like “human elements”. I certainly don’t, but I’m not normal.
Additionally, by mentioning a shithole like Stoke (my local city) it also helps convey the idea that the BbC isn’t just a London organisation for London people, and is relevant to C2DEs. Again I’m not convinced, but I can appreciate the problem the BbC has.
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The BBC really seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel with their reporting. This really affects thousands of people all of whom couldn't care less what Chris Hodgson (bless him) thinks of the level of customer support that has been provided to him today.
It's the hack which is the newsworthy part, not the outage.
I think OP was complaining about the vox pop rather than the report of the hack or outage (which is newsworthy)
It’s safer as a news writer to report “X says Foo” rather than “Foo”. It’s a sad reflection of the times.
Even accepting that though, They could have stated “there were anecdotal reports of outages over the last few days” (I wouldn’t personally as it’s just hearsay), but there is a belief (presumably backed by some research) that people like “human elements”. I certainly don’t, but I’m not normal.
Additionally, by mentioning a shithole like Stoke (my local city) it also helps convey the idea that the BbC isn’t just a London organisation for London people, and is relevant to C2DEs. Again I’m not convinced, but I can appreciate the problem the BbC has.