Sunday, August 10, 2008

How many correspondents does it take...?

This from the Guardian's media diary and if correct what is going on at the Beeb

It was the mother of all conference calls. No fewer than 472 BBC staff were hanging on the telephone 10 days ago to discuss its coverage of the upcoming US party conventions. Yet more ammunition for those who say the BBC has lavished too much attention on the US elections already.


Guido turns his hand to media commentory when he read it too and claims he was told

by one Democratic insider that the BBC had a bigger presence at the U.S. conventions than any other domestic broadcaster - more than ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, Fox or PBS. It was ridiculous he said because none of the main players had the time to waste speaking to viewers who weren't voters

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