Every single protest in the entire UK complains they weren’t on the news (usually to try and get on the news).
If the BBC had to report on every protest, that’s all the news would be, especially as people would game the system to get themselves on the news.
So, for the BBC to report on it, it has to be newsworthy: so more than 100,000 people and for it to be about something currently affective and effective. For example, if 20,000 people marched in solidarity with Palestine, is that truly newsworthy? There’s protests about Palestine all the time — how would this one be new… …s.
Every single protest in the entire UK complains they weren’t on the news (usually to try and get on the news).
If the BBC had to report on every protest, that’s all the news would be, especially as people would game the system to get themselves on the news.
So, for the BBC to report on it, it has to be newsworthy: so more than 100,000 people and for it to be about something currently affective and effective. For example, if 20,000 people marched in solidarity with Palestine, is that truly newsworthy? There’s protests about Palestine all the time — how would this one be new… …s.