Today's lunchtime broadcast at 1155am was unceremoniously knocked off air for it's entire duration of 5 minutes without explanation, just as the bulletin opened with the newsreaders lead story that the UN's humanitarian chief Jan Egeland, who has been touring bomb ravaged Beirut, lambasted Israel's attacks on Lebanon as "a violation of humanitarian law".
The only alternative lunchtime broadcast on terrestrial television was on BBC1 at 12pm, which was broadcast without interruption, but led with a much watered down version of the Lebanon crisis, with the UN humanitarian chiefs comments reduced to a footnote.
The only alternative lunchtime broadcast on terrestrial television was on BBC1 at 12pm, which was broadcast without interruption, but led with a much watered down version of the Lebanon crisis, with the UN humanitarian chiefs comments reduced to a footnote.
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dont be so bloody stupid
23.07.2006 15:45
I think some of you have too much time on your hands and should perhaps re-direct your energies into bettering society pro-actively instead of inflicting your drivvel on the rest of us.
voice of reason
Oh we are so grateful!
23.07.2006 19:50
Me
no cut out during conflict zone report
23.07.2006 21:34
the programme wasn't in the middle of a report from a conflict zone when that happened!
her indoors
censorship
23.07.2006 22:46
it was put in during ww2 to censor all news output - it's still there.
they claim it's empty, but why is it not used for something else if that is the case?
also,
no damned mention of the lebanon protests this weekend on any u.k. tv that i have seen - only on cnn in the middle of the night!
all the web-linked cctv camera's at radio-london have been disabled this weekend too.
they must really be scared about this subject.
the last time that was done was when they blew the underground up.
interestingly, on that day they disabled all the cams at 7:30am.
dave
website was offline too
23.07.2006 23:34
mad scotsman
Technical problems with both offsite web server AND onsite broadcast equipment?
24.07.2006 09:36
hmm
ITN employee speculates loss of show could be due to a "power surge"
24.07.2006 11:41
an ITN employee has speculated the loss of the show could be due to a "power surge", although it's puzzling that no public statement has been issued
taciturn
Broadcast Jamming
25.07.2006 08:51
John324
they're all after me
26.07.2006 12:16
1. A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution with or without grandeur, often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason.
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