22-03-2023, 09:16 AM
The idea that the News Channel shouldn't show the Select Committee today is absurd.
It's a big story that deserves (and I'm sure will get) proper coverage for viewers in the UK and is not the sort of entirely parochial thing that global viewers wouldn't have any interest in, especially those tuning in to a BBC channel. The scandal itself had a lot of international interest at the time. I wouldn't be surprised if CNN show chunks of it later as well, depending on what might happen with Trump.
But besides all that, I can only imagine what the fallout would be if it was shunted off to BBC Parliament a week after accusations of government interference in the BBC.
It's a big story that deserves (and I'm sure will get) proper coverage for viewers in the UK and is not the sort of entirely parochial thing that global viewers wouldn't have any interest in, especially those tuning in to a BBC channel. The scandal itself had a lot of international interest at the time. I wouldn't be surprised if CNN show chunks of it later as well, depending on what might happen with Trump.
But besides all that, I can only imagine what the fallout would be if it was shunted off to BBC Parliament a week after accusations of government interference in the BBC.