Presence

A regular correspondent for this blog notes the lack of on-the-spot BBC reporting of the Stop The Steal/Make America Great Again, Again demonstrations in Washington - and, indeed in various cities across the USA. 

The late BBC1 news took in agency pictures and turned the story into a feature about social media misinformation by London-based correspondent Marianna Spring. Perfectly worthy, but not the day's story. We needed some assessment of the momentum of these protests, still encouraged by Donald Trump. But the BBC's Washington Bureau, the largest of any foreign broadcaster in the capital, couldn't supply. 

This morning, we awoke to BBC Los Angeles-based correspondent David Willis picking up on the marches and the subsequent clashes.