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For want of a better phrase the transmission of Newswatch during Breakfast has always been hidden and never acknowledged on iPlayer so that aspect doesn't add anything to whatever else might have being going on

Hiding it during Breakfast this week wasn't intentional as it is always on at that time every Saturday, but average viewers may not be aware of this and would therefore miss it. I hope they are "encouraged" to show it this weekend as a standalone programme but I doubt it will happen.

For the average viewer, in so far as they are aware with it, Newswatch is a strand that appears on Breakfast on Saturday - it will reach a much bigger audience there than it ever would on the News channel. Even then, it was never one of the most popular strands on the channel.

Honestly, way too many conspiracies keep cropping up in this thread. There is no secret plot among executives to destroy the BBC's news channels, there is no sabotage ring among crew members attempting to force a change in direction and they wouldn't deliberately 'hide' criticism of the new channel as that would only create a story that would end up drawing much more attention to any viewer unsatisfaction.