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“WE’VE GOT THE EPICENTRE, LADS!”

A brilliant review in real-time of the BBC’s abysmal UK earthquake coverage. Review background here.

Posted by Tim B. on 02/29/2008 at 09:15 PM

  1. Darned Slitheen.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 02 29 at 09:42 PM • permalink

  2. And darned Wikipedia.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 02 29 at 09:42 PM • permalink

  3. BBC 10% coverage to save the earth.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 29 at 10:28 PM • permalink

  4. A BBC TV reporter travelling north of Watford would be far more remarkable than any earthquake.

    Posted by squawkbox on 2008 02 29 at 10:29 PM • permalink

  5. I guess it wasn’t an earth moving event.

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 02 29 at 10:51 PM • permalink

  6. Mar 1, 2008 - 1:40 am
        The Return of the Twisted Spinster » Blog Archive » The BBC can go do something with themselves as well

        […] There was an earthquake in England recently. Apparently as it wasn’t scripted by Russell T. Davies as having been caused by Captain Jack having sex with aliens the BBC didn’t do a very good job of covering it. […]
     
    ooh Andrea, you are naughty!  ;)

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 29 at 11:10 PM • permalink

  7. Best comment at YouTube:
    The BBC were probably trying to find a Palestinian spokesman to blame the Jews.

    Posted by Bill Calvin on 2008 02 29 at 11:34 PM • permalink

  8. Maybe it’s just that British stiff upper lip thing; you know, that cool reserve in stressful situations for which they are famous. OTOH, maybe the comment quoted by Bill at #7 is correct.

    Posted by paco on 2008 02 29 at 11:38 PM • permalink

  9. Pogria: I care about my readers. Unlike the Beeb.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 03 01 at 12:07 AM • permalink

  10. If you Google “orwell” “bbc” “ministry of truth”
    Does this explain the BBC?

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 01 at 12:16 AM • permalink

  11. They were waiting for Archbishop Rowan to explain that Allah is angry with Britain for not instituting sharia law.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2008 03 01 at 12:23 AM • permalink

  12. #9 Andrea,

    Which is why your readers care about you.

    The Beeb and our own Aunty have yet to discover that respect and affection are a two way street.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 03 01 at 12:28 AM • permalink

  13. #7 & 11; or they were waiting for roebuck to blame the Australian cricketers.

    Posted by cohenite on 2008 03 01 at 12:37 AM • permalink

  14. Hey! It was raining, though.

    That was funny.

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 03 01 at 01:10 AM • permalink

  15. Quaking before the KSS.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 01 at 01:35 AM • permalink

  16. BBC = Belated Bad Coverage.

    Posted by kae on 2008 03 01 at 05:27 AM • permalink

  17. #15 keating is a cuckoo clock, and Albrechtsen doesn’t discuss all the reasons why this pathetic man is so bile-filled; I wonder if he will be at the parade tonight?

    Posted by cohenite on 2008 03 01 at 05:36 AM • permalink

  18. As Nic said:

    As gay as a Fairfax hack?

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 01 at 05:51 AM • permalink

  19. #17 Funny you should mention the bile filled one and the parade tonight.  One of my friends mentioned this aspect of our former PM’s preferences to me years ago.  Explains the hissy fits.

    Posted by Irobot on 2008 03 01 at 06:26 AM • permalink

  20. #17 cohenite,

    Keating will be “behind” them all the way.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 03 01 at 06:28 AM • permalink

  21. #19 Irobot,

    did your friend happen to own, or spend time on a property out west?

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 03 01 at 06:29 AM • permalink

  22. #21 Hi Pogria,  not that I know of.  He came via the information from someone who I think worked in an office with the prior PM’s little friend.  I’m stretching my memory as this was a few years ago but I do remember that he was certain of his facts.

    Posted by Irobot on 2008 03 01 at 06:42 AM • permalink

  23. The intensely private Anita Keating broke her silence to The Bulletin, though she still does not reveal the reason for the split. (Erin McGushin) 2004

    timblair April 21, 2004
    The kind of guy named Paul Keating, according to wife Annita…

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 01 at 06:47 AM • permalink

  24. #22 Irobot,

    My info came by way of a friend who spent time on a property out west on regular shooting trips. The property was also known for it’s remoteness. Also, quite some time ago.

    As far as I can recall, PK’s friend was not “little”.

    Rather rotund, actually.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 03 01 at 06:59 AM • permalink

  25. #24 Pogria

    Little was in the metaphorical sense.  But you have provided some very interesting information.  and the pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fit together extremely neatly.

    Posted by Irobot on 2008 03 01 at 07:20 AM • permalink

  26. Now, I have an ear for accents.  It comes from working the reference desk at a University that caters to a large foreign population.  However, it took a few minutes of listening to that to understand what the heck they were talking about!

    Posted by MikeTheLibrarian on 2008 03 01 at 10:41 AM • permalink

  27. I believe in WWII, it was said that “If the BBC said you had been bombed, you had been bombed”

    Earthquake? There was no earthquake!

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2008 03 01 at 02:15 PM • permalink

  28. #24
    Another little mate
    David Hicks has been living in Sydney for a fortnight in his bid to start a new life.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 01 at 06:06 PM • permalink

  29. #28 Channel Nine says he being “mentored” by Dick Smith. Does that mean instead of killing people with rocket launchers, people will kill themselves just to get away from him?

    Posted by Contrail on 2008 03 01 at 06:43 PM • permalink

  30. Its driving me nuts, just whos fudge is PK supposed to be packing?

    Does the name of a certain tree ramming, recently deceased bloke who “loved kids” spring to mind or am I wandering down the wrong dirt track?

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2008 03 01 at 06:53 PM • permalink

  31. test

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 03 01 at 07:07 PM • permalink

  32. Sorry folks, just testing the commenting stuff. As you were.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 03 01 at 07:07 PM • permalink

  33. Hey, just keep your hands off my epicentre, OK!

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2008 03 01 at 07:46 PM • permalink

  34. Note how the “lads” diss the BBC and Bush (normal moonbat reasoning) at the same. Guess they haven’t thought this BBC thing all the way through yet…

    Posted by PJF-UK on 2008 03 01 at 08:01 PM • permalink

  35. Its driving me nuts, just whos fudge is PK supposed to be packing?


    I thought it was more a “state” issue.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 03 01 at 08:58 PM • permalink

  36. O/T Very good article ‘The fallacy of shared values” in today’s American Thinker.

    Posted by Rod C on 2008 03 01 at 09:02 PM • permalink

  37. And yet, if you decline to pay them for such malpractice, they’ll treat you like a criminal.

    Posted by Rittenhouse on 2008 03 01 at 09:25 PM • permalink

  38. #30 Mole,
    from what I can gather, wrong track. There was a rumour, a talented musician, violinist/pianist or other.

    Posted by Nic on 2008 03 01 at 09:41 PM • permalink

  39. #38
    Now fiddling the looks?

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 01 at 10:18 PM • permalink

  40. #37 Rittenhouse

    They seem awfully fond of sending out threatening, but increasingly vague demand letters, don’t they? Paper-shuffling bureaucrats loathe being ignored.

    It’s people like what cause unrest!

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 03 01 at 10:37 PM • permalink

  41. Take two:

    It’s people like you what cause unrest!

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 03 01 at 10:38 PM • permalink

  42. #41
    Will Krudd re-introduce licence fees?

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 01 at 11:33 PM • permalink

  43. #40 It’s people like you what cause us to cause other people to cause unrest!

    Posted by daddy dave on 2008 03 01 at 11:44 PM • permalink

  44. Try reloading the page. It could be that it’s loading up the cached page.

    But then the comment would appear the next time I came back to this page, wouldn’t it?  So far, that ain’t been the case.

    Also, check and make sure that the comments aren’t more than 250—when that happens the rest of them show up on a second page. (There will be a “page 1 of #” link at the bottom of the comments.)

    Definitely not the case in these last 12 attempts.

    Posted by formerly Huck Foley on 2008 03 02 at 12:41 AM • permalink

  45. Well, now!  Okay, that worked!  Thanx, Andrea!

    Posted by formerly Huck Foley on 2008 03 02 at 12:42 AM • permalink

  46. 4.5? Geeze, guys, chill…

    Posted by mojo on 2008 03 02 at 12:48 AM • permalink

  47. I just submitted a tome and it hasn’t appeared. How does I retrieve it from the ether?

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 03 02 at 12:59 AM • permalink

  48. Andrea. I’ve been outside, checked other blogs, scoured all threads here and can’t find it. Is it in your pocket?

    It relates to a letter from the Queensland Electoral Commission re a looming local government election.

    Maybe Bryla has it. Maybe the troll. By the way troll. It’s all happening.

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 03 02 at 01:49 AM • permalink

  49. I destroy all tomes.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 03 02 at 04:46 AM • permalink

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