At 11:34 AM 9/12/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>All other programs were cancelled (with one exception: the broadcasting of a
>soccer match...) so news programs could be on the air continuously.
>
>The BBC's approach was a pleasant change. Begin a news program, report what
>happened, add a few analyses, end news program, continue with the regular,
>scheduled programming. Apparently the BBC reasons that there is no need to
>just keep repeating themselves -- if there would be any new developments,
>they could always interrupt the scheduled programs.
In defence to the American networks that have been broadcasting news
non-stop, and without commercials, since this began - I am very
appreciative of this.
After all, not everyone can be at the TV at any given time. Thus, the
repeating of information is an indespensible service in the case of an
event like this that affects all of us.
JDG
__________________________________________________________
John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685
We are products of the same history, reaching from Jerusalem and
Athens to Warsaw and Washington. We share more than an alliance.
We share a civilization. - George W. Bush, Warsaw, 06/15/01
