Links for 2007-06-01
- BBC News now appears to have a section called 'Also in the News' for 'surprising stories from around the world' These stories include people who drive into underground stations and people meeting leopards. And people say editorial standards are slipping...
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They give a pretty good explanation of the section here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/05/also_in_the_news.html
"Does it mean we're dumbing down? Well, we've always reported on the odd, amusing and unusual stories as well as the serious and important, so it's not really a new departure."
So, yes, then.
It's a pretty natural progression from that little "most viewed/most emailed" widget in the sidebar.
→ Posted by: James Bridle at June 1, 2007 9:49 AM
James, the point is these stories have always been written, it's just the first time they've been gathered together in one place. How is that dumbing down? Would you really want the BBC website - or any news outlet - to cover only politics/business/death/disaster etc? Light and shade...
→ Posted by: Chris at June 1, 2007 2:39 PM