[Neon Pig]

I notice most of the UK broadcasters that are taking the Covid enquiry (including Sky News) feed live have been forced to pop up new graphics because of some of the language being quoted in the internal emails/WhatsApp/discussion trails.  Indeed Sky News kept chirping in with verbal apologies and saying they had no control over it.

Well that might be true but is there not an editorial argument/justification to include this language if Ofcom get involved off the back of complaints?  Yes it may have been internal correspondence and never intended to be seen or heard of again (anybody in any workplace having a discussion with somebody else about work, procedures or whatver out of earshot of any superior, once they get on a soapbox probably make Roy Chubby Brown look family friendly by comparison) but if nothing else its an interesting insight into how government works, and how copious compromises have to be made to get anything done.

No idea, but it does raise the point that as a news channel, reporting live events, should it have to be so precious about the broadcast of profanities that may distress some people. In the bigger picture, it hardly compares to distressing news of reporting thousands of people dead from war, or a tragic natural disaster.

Obviously, as tempting as it might be at times, presenters shouldn't start swearing at politicians and guests alike.