A collective sigh of relief from parts of the BBC newsroom could be heard, as an anodyne report on our banks ability to cope with stress knocked 'the presenter' off the lead story at 8am on Radio 4.
The coverage of a clearly distressed and befuddled staffer's struggle to hang on to a career may well be proportionate to that given to Philip Schofield, but that, in turn, was a misjudgement. 13 minutes filled the start of the BBC's 10 O'Clock News last night.
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Famous person uses dating app. Links up with an adult. Nothing comes of it, they never meet. The adult threatens to write about it online. Famous person is very angry - lead item on @BBCNews
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) July 11, 2023
At 1900 BST I turn to a @bbcnews TV programme called the Daily Global for, well, global news, and get 20 minutes about …the @BBC…a tabloid story about one of its presenters. Future of NATO, Ukraine & Sweden only appears briefly after abt 23 minutes. News values?? Pathetic. A…
— Timothy Garton Ash (@fromTGA) July 10, 2023
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