MetaFilter posts tagged with BBC and news

Somalia's refugee camps

allkindsoftime — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:16:07 -0800

Inside Somalia. Mike Thomson of the BBC makes a rare visit to the refugee camps in one of the most dangerous places on earth.

The One O'Clock News from the BBC in 1986

feelinglistless — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:53:33 -0800

A bad day in the news gallery? Talkback recording of everything going wrong during The One O'Clock News from the BBC in 1986: Part One, Part Two, Part Three. Unless of course, this was a typical day ... "I haven't got any scripts Mike! How am I supposed to run a show?" "Animate quantel or whatever you want to do..." [via]

He'll have to scrub it off when he gets back...

magpie68 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:40:27 -0800

60-foot penis painted on roof Sorry. I tried to resist posting this, I really did. But you don't see that headline every day. And then I discovered it was not the first. And then I stopped laughing when I read what this "Christian" blogger thought about it. Then I read the subsequent comments and also this page and felt better again. And as a headline it beats all of these.

Gotta light?

allkindsoftime — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:08:37 -0800

Protestor grabs the Olympic torch in London. (SLYTP)

James Hewitt Jr

chuckdarwin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:08:30 -0800

The 'bullet magnet' is back. I can't believe that the British press kept a secret for so long (10 weeks is a miniature eternity in journalist time). It was supposed to last six months... I also can't believe that the odious Drudge has broken yet another big story. Was it all just a PR stunt? I'm sorry for the lateness of this post. I really can't believe it didn't make the blue before this.

Are we recording all this, Nick? I hope we are. Right here we go...

feelinglistless — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:13:58 -0800

Are we recording all this, Nick? I hope we are. Right here we go... In 2005, the BBC's royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell was preparing a "two-way" regarding that year's VJ Day 60th anniversary commemorations. He and the interviewer Richard Evans just couldn't see eye to eye as to how the story should be covered. Luckily for us, their tetchy conversation and the fall out with the producers was recorded (transcript/mp3). Despite the vintage, it's a rather revealing behind the scenes record demonstrating the process that's often gone through to decide how news is best communicated to we listeners.

"You scumbag, you maggot / You cheap lousy BEEP"

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:06:04 -0800

Fairytale of New York... censored! No, not now... Shane will make 50 this Christmas... Sadly not Kirsty.

If you like it so much why don't you go live there?

hnnrs — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:27:58 -0800

Scary and amusing in equal measure, If you like it so much why don't you go live there? is a compendium of bigoted opinions, idiocisms and zenophobic remarks posted on the BBC's Have Your Say site. Also

Revisionista

thisisdrew — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:08:49 -0800

Revisionista monitors news websites and detects when articles change. The versions are viewable and the changes are highlighted. Some edits are miniscule, others are quite interesting. A Recommended Revisions list yields all manner of edits. Also on the News Sniffer site, Watch Your Mouth monitors the BBC's 'Have Your Say' website and detects when comments get censored.

Track Changes

gsb — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:12:19 -0800

News Sniffer. It's a site dedicated to monitoring news articles and discussion threads at the BBC. For censored comments from BBC news threads: Watch Your Mouth. And now it has implementation that tracks changes in news articles, to see how things are edited: Revisionista. Here's a couple of examples.

After the operation it was confirmed...

amberglow — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:46:29 -0800

Sherri Finkbine --as reported by BBC News, on this day in 1962 (video clip too)--her travails and travels, the law, publicity, and what happened afterwards. (more here from American Prospect in 05: ...A Gallup Poll taken that year showed that the majority of Americans supported Finkbine, and her case was a turning point ...)

Calling all Peytons

Schroder — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:23:42 -0800

All I have to do is change my name to Peyton, motivate my girlfriend to marry me and have a baby, and hey presto! young Peyton will receive a six-figure scholarship to Brighton College in England, explains the BBC because the college can't fulfil the bequest by former pupil Derek Wakehurst Peyton. Brighton looks a nice place so roll up all Peytons, the college principal is spreading "the net wider to the United States, Australia and beyond." Second thoughts ... maybe simpler for me simply to motivate her to change her name ...

telescope worthless by 2050

goldism — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:41:13 -0800

via BBC Ground-based astronomy could be impossible in 40 years because of pollution from aircraft exhaust trails and climate change, an expert says.

Too much of a good thing

0bvious — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:18:07 -0800

The ashes of the recently deceased contains high amounts of nutrient rich phosphates, just perfect for sprucing up that garden of yours. On the iconic peaks of Scotland though Mountaineers have decided that enough is enough.

Nick Robinson's poltical blog

nthdegx — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 03:55:23 -0800

Nick Robinson, the BBC's political editor, now has a weblog.

BBC Open News Archive

feelinglistless — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 04:41:30 -0800

BBC Open News Archive Eighty iconic news reports available in a variety of formats. Here is the full directory. For another example of the cool things Auntie as been offering lately, see the downloadable mp3 commentary for the Christmas episode of Doctor Who.

Not just for the insane.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:26:20 -0800

News, sorted by mood.

Life in the Undergrowth

0bvious — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:22:56 -0800

Mating Leopard Slugs entwine - one of the untold wonders of the animal kingdom captured on video.... The BBC gets up close and personal with Life in the Undergrowth in their new wildlife documentary. A must see for any animal, insect or David Attenborough fan... (If the main vid link doesn't work for you try it from here - realplayer needed)

Hurricane Katrina - BBC

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:37:08 -0800

BBC correspondent Matt Wells lays it down straight

BBC News - In Pictures

Mwongozi — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 06:30:36 -0800

BBC News' wonderful In Pictures section, including Hiroshima: Now and Then, Space Shuttle Discovery in orbit, and readers' photos of Battersea Power Station.

Auntie references her relatives

lowlife — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:41:55 -0800

The BBC News website has introduced links to other news sites' articles that relate to the stories they cover. Google News is based around a similar premise, but as far as I know the BBC is the first major news organization to link to articles not written by themselves.

A good example of this in action is the current headline article about today's bombings in Iraq (look in the right sidebar). Only the top stories seem to have this feature activated, but hopefully (to me at least) it will spread through the site with time.

Way down below the ocean?

moonbird — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:01:20 -0800

The BBC claims that Atlantis has been found.
"We have in the photos concentric rings just as Plato described"

Tetsuo!!!

Space Coyote — Sat, 01 May 2004 15:12:56 -0800

Man's stomach 'fell out' after op - Abdominal surgery can be incredibly gross.

Ribbit?

The God Complex — Sun, 07 Mar 2004 22:11:57 -0800

First it was purple frogs that consorted with known dinosaurs, and now they've been joined by their three-headed brethren [warning: gratuitous frogs].

Auntie Beeb

Mwongozi — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:22:19 -0800

The history of the BBC
A chronological history of everyone's favourite broadcaster, from Guglielmo Marconi to Ricky Gervais.