25-04-2023, 05:24 PM
(25-04-2023, 05:08 PM)Matrix Wrote:William's compo claim is not breaking news, Biden is international news about a US election in 18 months, and I don't even know who Harry Belafonte is.(25-04-2023, 04:19 PM)Stuart Wrote: Breaking news of the start of a large scale evacuation of UK citizens from Sudan, but the UK opt on BBC News is chatting about Prince William and his compensation claim. Then move to chatting about Biden running again for President in 2024. This is woeful.To be fair, there are about four or five lines of quite big breaking news coming out. William's compo claim, for sure, but also then Biden, Lola James, and Harry Belafonte.
You have to go to GB News to hear that the first flight has left, and that everyone has been told to make their way to an airfield.
The first flight leaving was covered, albeit it did take about 30 minutes for it be a stand alone item. FCDO advice to get to the outskirts of the airfield has been covered for days now and features prominently in both pre-packaged reports and during live ad-libs.
The FCDO was telling everyone to stay put for days. It was only this afternoon that they suddenly told them to go to the airfield. That was more important breaking news than anything else. Evacuating up to 4,000 people (far more than the few hundred moved by other European countries) takes planning. It's the most important news story of the day.