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its all well and good to expand your horizons and broaden the user base it will have an affect good or bad who knows.
but to not do it is basicly self cencorship and that flys in the face of modern news gathering, reporting. no news company wishes to beknown as a cencorship organisation.
i think its only fair to attempt new concepts and even if they fail to learn from them.

Great idea - but you are missing out that there are three levels of interaction on the internet which are to an extent 'mutually exclusive'

That is to say 'video' 'chat' and 'message boards/blogs'

What's also significant is the relative isolation of US communities from the rest of the world.

There are some astonishing intellects out there on the internet, many with records that stretch back 15 years or more. You don't seem to be picking up on them.

You're basically just grabbing the froth, while there is much deeper stuff out there.

I don't know if this is news worthy and this may be old since stories do travely slowly to our side of the pond but some of us hear tell that there is a large flotilla of about 110 Spanish vessels headed your way. Normally I wouldn't think it important but some are reported to have canons on them. I also hear they got a big ceremonial sendoff when they left Spain. Perhaps they're just a little fed up with the soccer hooligans you send them and want some reparations. Nah, probably nothing to that story. Where would Spain get 110 ships anyway? More than likely just a rumor.

Would you care to start a discussion that could not be closer to home and affects everyone who listens to the 91Èȱ¬?
I am talking about the presentation of programs. What do people think about the presentation now? What do they think about the banging drums behind the News and many other programs? I have heard a lot of people complaining about this. What changes should be made?
I wonder why it is that with the exception of those on this subject almost all my messages are published?

A video picture captures the the reality of the situation far more graphically than words. This is a brilliant innovation and enhances the quality of the programmes through listener and viewer interaction with 91Èȱ¬ editors. 91Èȱ¬ reporting grows from strength to strength. Keeping the channels open for suggestions from 91Èȱ¬ viewers should bring healthy criticism and consequent improvement. Great work Editors keep the 91Èȱ¬ flag flying really high!

Video is very slow method of transferring information as is audio.

Reading is far faster and a lot more effective in terms us user recall.

You now have an opportunity to prove your journalistic integrity! Some where in the 91Èȱ¬ vaults is the Norfolk video. As journalist I expect it wouldn't be to hard to hunt it down and show it to the world.

Video here:



Links to petition.

I look forward to seeing it on the 91Èȱ¬ again.
Keith

I think its a good idea to start viedo chat rooms..It is a good way to kill the boredom of seeing the method of message delivery in text form..It would also help people to keep themselves more involved in the news..

Democracy is a slow, boring process.
But on this one, more power to your elbow.
Like it. Now there's a first.

How much licence money has been spent on the 91Èȱ¬ "starting conversations" on external websites? People can start conversations on those sites if they want to, why does the 91Èȱ¬ need to get involved in the conversations? 91Èȱ¬ news should concentrate on reporting the news, the audience is quite capable of discussing it without the assistance or involvement of the 91Èȱ¬. This latest announcement really is an insult to the intelligence of the 91Èȱ¬'s audience.

A two dimensional image can be every bit as misleading as a poorly written report, and doesn't all news start with someone making it news?

To echo #4 can the 91Èȱ¬ not have a place where there is open debate about the quality of the Corporation's output?

Sounds like a great idea.

But I would urge caution when it comes to anything that might sound like news.

I can remember the Menezes incident when I heard all about him jumping over tickets barriers etc from 'eye witnesses' (then the police did not contradict it). It gave a totally false impression of what it now sounds like really happened.

The 91Èȱ¬ has always had a good reputation for confirming its own news with its own correspondents - not relying even on major news agencies.

I hope pictures, texts, videos coming in on email or off the net will always be confirmed or presented as what they are and not confused with news.

What did the police investigation into this student stupidity cost? Was there any chance, or benefit to the public of bringing a prosecution against (at least legally speaking) consenting adults doing stupid things to themselves? It appears some busybody has decided to use the 91Èȱ¬ to force the police into moving scarce resources away from real crime so that they're not criticised for doing nothing. This sets a dangerous precident and the 91Èȱ¬ is encouraging it.

Siobhan , congrats on your promotion. What happens to all the health reports on bbc breakfast now? They were really topical.
The piece on Glos. was really informative but horrifying to think that this happens here. What else goes on that we don't know about????
Keep up the good work.

Interesting experiment. I've just had a look at the links. 12 seconds appears to be in private alpha so I'll go back to that when I have more time. Browser here is Firefox on a pc. Qik downloaded far better than Phreadz and has a much cleaner interface.