African American Pundit: Whitney Houston Funeral Coverage Defended By BBC

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Whitney Houston Funeral Coverage Defended By BBC

I have always enjoyed the BBC, and respect the work that they do. Now we learn that the BBC has defended its coverage of Whitney Houston's funeral on its News Channel following complaints from viewers about its duration. Get this a reported by the BBC the broadcaster received 118 complaints about the Channel's coverage of the four-hour service on Saturday. The corporation said it was "part of the News Channel function to be there when major stories take place". Another 34 complaints were received from people upset that the service had been interrupted. Live coverage of the service began at 17:00 GMT and continued until just before 20:30 GMT, with the BBC continuing to report on the story afterwards.
"The News Channel's coverage of Whitney Houston's funeral reflected the significant interest in her sudden death as well as acknowledging the impact she had as a global recording artist," said the corporation in a statement.

It acknowledged that "some people felt there was too much coverage" but said BBC One's teatime bulletin, radio bulletins and other services had still given viewers "the best access to the day's other news stories".

AAP says: Great job BBC! The News Channel's coverage of Whitney Houston's funeral was on point and totally justfied. Wonderful coverage BBC, just wonderful!

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