06-08-2023, 04:09 PM
(06-08-2023, 03:32 PM)bilky asko Wrote: It is rather ridiculous that the BBC's flagship analytical news programme is doing a "good news" segment, and a sad indictment on the programme's state.
Last week, BBC Click was at CERN, and reported on how their research could help future cancer treatments. They didn't feel the need to precede the segment with an announcement of it being "good news".
While I may not be a fan of doing a series on 'good news' I know why programmes do it.
I am so tired of hearing people day after day saying the programme I work on only does bad news and we're trying to depress people. Of course much of what we cover is bad news; wars, terror attacks & murders are all serious stories. But if you actually logged a programme over several weeks (and I wouldn't recommend it as it will take over your life) you would notice that nearly every day there is a story of some new drug, miracle rescue or someone being recognise for their service.
Programmes like Newsnight will do series like this to show they do cover positive stories after relentlessly being criticised (on here included) for not doing so.