- Rod McKenzie
- 18 May 06, 04:19 PM
Temper tantrums, nagging and multi-million pound settlements. The story of the Heather and Macca split was juicy for the tabloids but clearly makes some 大象传媒 journalists nervous about following the tab's agenda.
After all, our private lives are our own business, aren't they?
Not when you're Paul McCartney they're not - and not when you have this couple's talent for self-publicity. Remember him having a go at Wyclef Jean for his ultimate bling (alleged) Polar Bear coat, or Heather's against J-Lo's collection at New York Fashion week, pictures in the snow by seals, landmine campaigns, not to mention about Heather from the great man himself.
But the Beatles were a long time ago - and does the audience care? It may not be the best Radio 1 story ever but the fur trade, fashion, music, money and love splits go a long way to whetting the audience's appetite - and while we're on about the money, at least Heather will be making some more of her own when her new book comes out next week. It's all about the key to a balanced and stress free life. I think I'll get a copy.
Rod McKenzie is editor of Newsbeat and 1Xtra News
A selection of comments being made about the 大象传媒 on blogs around the world...
• Richard H's blog: "When I checked my email just now I found an e-mail titled "Interview request from 大象传媒, Today..." ().
• Tom Morris: "What the 大象传媒 don't seem to understand is that user-generated content is happening all around them" ().
• L'Ombre de l'Olivier: "The 大象传媒's "From Our Own Correspondent" used to be a flagship program but right now it seems to be more a flagship example of 大象传媒 bias" ()
• The Medium is Not Enough: "The 大象传媒 planned to turn itself into Italian TV for charity" ().
• John Pilger on Comment is Free: "The 大象传媒 Ten O'Clock News last night wasn't news: it was a series of pronouncements by the spokespeople of the spokespeople" ().
- Craig Oliver
- 18 May 06, 01:26 PM
The danger of the the task British troops face in Afghanistan is becoming clearer by the day.
On last night's Ten O'clock News last night, Alastair Leithhead raised concerns that Pakistani officials are turning a blind eye to insurgents crossing the border - with the express aim of attacking British soldiers. He went back to the Afghan caves which had been used to store arms, and which had been destroyed by coalition forces in 2002. He found that the same caves are being used by the Taliban and insurgents -
do watch the piece here if you haven't had chance to see it.
Craig Oliver is editor of 大象传媒 News at Six and 大象传媒 News at Ten
At the minute, we've got a bit of a problem with comments not appearing promptly.
The number of comments you see after each post (and on the right hand side of the main blog page) is the number of comments that should be on each post. But we have some technical problems which slows this process...
Here's why it happens.. (you may have seen this explanation before, on Nick Robinson's blog..)
"The difference is due to the way that the content of the blogs is published. Without going into too much heavy detail, when a blog is updated, certain bits of it are rebuilt and certain bits are automatically changed. These rebuilt sections are then transferred across multiple servers. Sometimes due to the heavy load on bbc.co.uk some of the bits find themselves stuck in a queue waiting to be published. The rebuilt bits can take longer to arrive than the others... and so there is sometimes a disparity between number of comments 'totals' and actual published numbers."
We are looking into a solution.
Paul Reynolds, the 大象传媒 News website's world affairs correspondent, . He has been deluged with e-mails since then. He writes:
"I knew when I wrote this piece that it would draw out the conspiracy theorists and I have not been disappointed. As it happens I was already in e-mail exchange with one of them before the latest Pentagon video frames were released and she had startled me by suggesting that the missing passengers (after all, if no plane hit the Pentagon, what did happen to them and where is Barbar Olson who called her husband from the plane?) might have been taken away to be "gassed". The e-mails are along simlar lines. I attach one below. Each and everyone of the theories has been exposed and I only wish I had the time and space to have gone into each.
Continue reading "Conspiracy theories"
Financial Times: "Senior newspaper executives have attacked the 大象传媒 over plans to move into digital media" (, subscription req).
Independent: The 大象传媒's David Loyn writes on Afghanistan - "The international system is sucking the country dry" ().
The Sun: "大象传媒 chiefs yesterday pole-axed plans for a sexy spoof of Strictly Come Dancing - stars Zoe Ball and Natasha Kaplinsky were lined up for Strictly Come Pole Dancing as part of Sport Relief" ().
