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British Columbia, Canada
Does the BBC even proofread their stories? Geez, guys. Does the BBC even proofread their stories?
EDIT: Twelve hours later and it’s still there, so it’s not like it was an upload error or anything. It’s as if no one actually looked at the page. Pushes my buttons!
I miss you guys.
(Entertaining aside: headline on the front page puts ‘misery’ in quotes. In case they get sued I guess.)
Luckily the picture caption wasn’t so meaningless. Oh, wait. It was.
What’s that? Why yes, thank you for asking, I do think this story is a pile of shit.
The BBC News website was the last man standing in my mini-war against consuming mainstream media. (Incidentally, I’m using plastic soldiers.) I’m tired of my life being tarnished by emotionally-charged ‘news’ spiced up and spat out in an effort to increase page impressions and viewer numbers. I’m also rather sad that BBC resources are being spent creating stories like the one above, the insulting ‘And finally…’ of the web.
No more.
According to BBC Sport… not that much.
(thanks to Gavin Harris for the lead)
See also: ‘Rehashing headline-seeking, link-bait research eclipses investigative journalism’ among UK news outlets
No fair.
(In case it’s not clear, I did in fact select Option 3.)
Incidentally, I don’t think it’s “Housten” in Option 2. QUALITY CONTROL!
So I’m watching the live football text on the BBC website, and it strikes me that the page design is rather heavy-handed. Solid slabs of colour everywhere, excessive wordage, and a general lack of focus on the content.
I sighed, and resigned myself to spending three hours refreshing it.
My version, with which I’m rather happy:
(Manchester United lost, by the way.)
BBC News top story on March 20th:
‘ Urging them to back the measure in a House vote expected on Sunday, [President Obama] said: “We’re going to this done.” ‘
Um… I don’t think he did. Come on guys! I’ve seen tons of similar mistakes on the BBC News website in recent months, and it makes my ‘grr’ detector go berserk.
Update: The President has gone back in time and changed what he said. Multi-talented man. The story now reports: ‘ Urging them to back the measure in a House vote expected on Sunday, he said: “Let’s get this done.” ‘
BBC website promoting their advertising:
Well, I guess they’re reaching the millions who can use Flash and don’t block it.
You know. Those millions.
I feel bathed in the inclusivity of their approach.
