14-12-2023, 01:42 PM
I saw the UK opt early covering the BoE announcement on interest rates. It was done pretty well (another slightly dodgy framing of the newsroom screen, but it can be forgiven).
The opt started straight after a sport update, which was fine, but ended at 12:15 which was just a crash back into Lucy Hockings on the global feed, mid-sentence.
I just have to ask why they now don’t say something like “We will now join my colleague, Lucy Hockings, for coverage of other stories in the headlines this afternoon”.
Instead, it was just a fallback to the classic: “Your watching, BBC News”.
In a related point, why does the global feed gallery seem to be totally unaware of when then U.K. opt is going to “come back” to them? It would be much better if they could rejoin after a sting or clean opt point, if possible.
The opt started straight after a sport update, which was fine, but ended at 12:15 which was just a crash back into Lucy Hockings on the global feed, mid-sentence.
I just have to ask why they now don’t say something like “We will now join my colleague, Lucy Hockings, for coverage of other stories in the headlines this afternoon”.
Instead, it was just a fallback to the classic: “Your watching, BBC News”.
In a related point, why does the global feed gallery seem to be totally unaware of when then U.K. opt is going to “come back” to them? It would be much better if they could rejoin after a sting or clean opt point, if possible.