I was just on Sky News

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:14

And I gave them grief about giving their Internet customer's data away!

They said it was live, but I couldn't see a transmitter - did anyone see it?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:51

It might be on their website.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Grim... wrote:

And I gave them grief about giving out their Internet customer's data away!

They said it was live, but I couldn't see a transmitter - did anyone see it?

Um, no one watches Sky News, do they?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:53

Warhead wrote:

Grim... wrote:

And I gave them grief about giving out their Internet customer's data away!

They said it was live, but I couldn't see a transmitter - did anyone see it?

Um, no one watches Sky News, do they?

I do, every now and again. I will watch it over the BBC.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Warhead wrote:

Grim... wrote:

And I gave them grief about giving out their Internet customer's data away!

They said it was live, but I couldn't see a transmitter - did anyone see it?

Um, no one watches Sky News, do they?

Adam Boulton tapes it and then watches it afterwards to double check for perceived slights against him.

Mali - do you watch Jeremy Kyle as well?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6587

I was on BBC London news a while back. I was queuing for a bus, and chuckling at a podcast, and looked really mental.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:56

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Mali - do you watch Jeremy Kyle as well?

Dunno why you say that, Sky news is good and somewhat respected.

Awards wrote:

Royal Television Society Awards

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010

‘News Channel of the Year’

1993

‘Best Coverage’ of News Event for Bishopsgate bomb and Ostend tanker fire

1995

‘Camera Operator of the Year’, Ian Robbie

1998

‘Journalism Award’ for coverage of Diana Princess of Wales’ funeral

2000

‘RTS Award’ – Kosovo coverage

2002

‘Judges Award’ for Sky News’ Political Editor, Adam Boulton

2003

‘News Event of the Year’ for Sky News’ reporting of the Soham murders

2004

‘Innovation Award’ for reconstruction of the Hutton Inquiry and Soham coverage

2006

‘Presenter of the year’, Jeremy Thompson

‘Best Innovation’ for pioneering a ‘Message Home’ ticker during the Tsunami

2007

‘News – International’, Dominic Waghorn’s investigative reports into ‘China: Baby-Snatchers’

‘Television Journalist of the Year’, Dominic Waghorn

‘Under The Bonnet Award’ for Sky News/Dayport Encoding which revolutionised the way Sky News produces digital video for the internet, mobile phones and out of home media outlets.

‘User-Generated Content Award’ for Sky News’ Green Week

2008

‘Television Journalist of the Year’, Alex Crawford Sky News

‘Innovation’ for technology show Sky.com News

2009

'Young Journalist of the Year', Hannah Thomas-Peter Sky News

'Camera Operator of the Year', Garwen McLuckie, Sky News

2010

'Television Journalist of the Year', Alex Crawford, Sky News

'International News Coverage', Pakistan: Terror’s Frontline, Sky News

'Innnovative News', Fallen Heroes online tribute wall Sky News and Skynews.com

BAFTAS

2002

‘News Coverage of the Year’ for reporting of 9/11

2003

‘News Coverage of the Year’ for reporting of the Soham murders

2008

‘News Coverage of the Year’ for reporting of the Glasgow bombings

International Film & Television Festival New York, Gold Medals

1995

‘Best News Reporter’, David Chater for Chechnya coverage

1997

‘Best News Correspondent’, Jeremy Thompson for Rwanda refugee coverage

2003

‘Coverage of Breaking News’ for The Siege of Kunduz, the last Taliban stronghold in Northern Afghanistan.

2005

United Nations Department of Public Information Gold Award for ‘Sudan’ report

2008

‘Coverage of Breaking News’, for coverage of the UK floods

International Emmy

1995

‘Best Coverage’, Jeremy Thompson, South Africa Bureau Chief

2006

‘Breaking News’, for 7/7 bombing coverage

Festival de Television Monte Carlo

1993

‘Best News Coverage’ for coverage of Sarajevo under siege

2005

‘Best TV News Item’ for Undercover Aids by China Correspondent Dominic Waghorn

2006

‘Best 24-hour News Programme’ The London Bombings - July 7th 2005

'Best TV News Item' - Pakistan Earthquake by Stuart Ramsay

2009

'Best 24-hour News Programme' for Mumbai Attacks by Asia correspondent Alex Crawford

Broadcast Digital Awards

2009

'Best News Service'

2010

'Individual Achievement Award' to John Ryley, Head of Sky News, for his instumental role in bringing about the televised Leaders' Debates.

Broadcast Engineering Magazine Excellence Awards

2009

'Best Newsroom Technology'

Bayeux Calvados Award for War Correspondents

2009

'Television Category - International Jury' Joint second prize their pieces on:

the persecution of Christians in India by Alex Crawford; and

Swat Valley, Pakistan by Stuart Ramsay

Broadcast Awards

2010

'Best News Programme', Pakistan: Terror’s Frontline

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38608

There's a unsurprising lack of coverage of the ACS case on the Sky website

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:00

Can't find me.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't really live, although they did panic a bit when I started talking about it.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Mali - any awards list that includes Adam Boulton and the "coverage of the Diana Funeral" can fuck off. And remember that Eastenders has won awards, man.

Sky News is not "respected". It's the UK version of Fox, but with less brains.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:10

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Mali - any awards list that includes Adam Boulton and the "coverage of the Diana Funeral" can fuck off. And remember that Eastenders has won awards, man.

Sky News is not "respected". It's the UK version of Fox, but with less brains.

Your snobbish prejudices amuse me from time to time. This is one of them.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Mali - any awards list that includes Adam Boulton and the "coverage of the Diana Funeral" can fuck off. And remember that Eastenders has won awards, man.

Sky News is not "respected". It's the UK version of Fox, but with less brains.

Your snobbish prejudices amuse me from time to time. This is one of them.

There's nothing snobbish about disliking a crappy, partisan news channel that covers news stories in the most shallow, sensationalist way possible and takes every effort to fail to inform. I've actually watched it, you know. It's almost as bad as ITN.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:23

It is very partisan and tabloid, it has to be said. I watched it for 10 minutes last night, it was just Kelvin McKenzie pontificating to camera!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

kalmar wrote:

It is very partisan and tabloid, it has to be said. I watched it for 10 minutes last night, it was just Kelvin McKenzie pontificating to camera!

Which is also what BBC Breakfast is becoming. Him and that twat from the Mail.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:25

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

And remember that Eastenders has won awards, man.

That's because Eastenders is really very good about half the time.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:26

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

news channel that covers news stories in the most shallow, sensationalist way possible

And which news channel, pray, is not guilty of that?

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Aye, if I want to see crap journalism performed live I'd rather go straight to Fox than watch Sky. At least the opinionated nuts on Fox are foreigns.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Grim... wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

news channel that covers news stories in the most shallow, sensationalist way possible

And which news channel, pray, is not guilty of that?

BBC is the least bad, by some margin. Also, that one on cable where it's read by a woman stripping off.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:28

Wullie wrote:

Aye, if I want to see crap journalism performed live I'd rather go straight to Fox than watch Sky. At least the opinionated nuts on Fox are foreigns.

Fox isn't a news channel, it's satire.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

MaliA wrote:

Wullie wrote:

Aye, if I want to see crap journalism performed live I'd rather go straight to Fox than watch Sky. At least the opinionated nuts on Fox are foreigns.

Fox isn't a news channel, it's satire.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:29

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

news channel that covers news stories in the most shallow, sensationalist way possible

And which news channel, pray, is not guilty of that?

BBC is the least bad, by some margin. Also, that one on cable where it's read by a woman stripping off.

No, French news is the bestest.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:30

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

news channel that covers news stories in the most shallow, sensationalist way possible

And which news channel, pray, is not guilty of that?

BBC is the least bad, by some margin.

Granted, but that's not an answer to the question, is it?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Grim... wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

news channel that covers news stories in the most shallow, sensationalist way possible

And which news channel, pray, is not guilty of that?

BBC is the least bad, by some margin.

Granted, but that's not an answer to the question, is it?

Well, yes it is, as they're categorically not doing it in the most shallow, sensationalist way possible, as you've agreed. They may be a little bit shallow and sensationalist, but not the most. I know what you meant, but my answer was technically correct.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:34

I think they're getting there. Thinking back to only a few years ago and comparing BBC news coverage to now (especially on the website) and it's ill-informed, cater-to-the-masses shit.
Man, I fucking hate the news media in this country.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:35

Grim... wrote:

Can't find me.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't really live, although they did panic a bit when I started talking about it.

You're my hero.
What were they asking you about?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:42

The police had set up a little tent-thing on the end of Blackfriars Bridge and were putting identifying marks on people's bikes. I asked if they could do one on my Kindle, and they did. Then Sky news came up and started asking me what I thought about community support officers and stuff (most of them weren't real police, you see). I answered his questions, then at the end asked if they were from sky, and he laughed and said "Yes, this is live on Sky news" (which, as I said, I don't think it was) so I said "Do you know why they handed out their broadband customer's personal data to some porn company's* lawyers?" and he simultaneously laughed and looked at me like I'd just shot his dog.
Then they stopped talking to me.

* I may have said porn star by accident.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:43

Quality.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:21

MaliA wrote:

Your snobbish prejudices amuse me from time to time. This is one of them.

My irony alarm was ringing all the way from Nottingham. This really does takes the biscuit.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:23

French news looks good.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:26

Zardoz wrote:

French news looks good.

I totally know what you're talking about

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

French sports news lady?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:31

Oh, Mali posted a picture.
I'm sure that wasn't there first time around.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:31

Christ, she is glorious, isn't she?

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:33

I'm sure this is about the fifth time she's graced Beteo. She is indeed "striking"

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:33

myoptikakaka wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Your snobbish prejudices amuse me from time to time. This is one of them.

My irony alarm was ringing all the way from Nottingham. This really does takes the biscuit.

It is, almost, as if it is done intentionally.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:36

DBSnappa wrote:

She is indeed "striking"

She can rub my match on her safety paper.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:37

I'd fuck her with my penis.

Wait, that's not right, is it?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I'm pretty sure that's how the process is supposed to go, Grim....

EDIT - hang on, you said "I'd fuck her and enjoy it" pre-edit. still, my response works both ways.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

She certainly is a woman, isn't she?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38608

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

She is indeed lovely. But I'd still take Becky Mantin in preference.

EDIT- well not in preference, actually. But at the same time.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38608

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

She is indeed lovely. But I'd still take Becky Mantin in preference.

Really? Weirdo.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:41

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

She is indeed lovely. But I'd still take Ricky Martin in preference.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:42

DavPaz wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

She is indeed lovely. But I'd still take Becky Mantin in preference.

Really? Weirdo.

*googles*

Becky Mantits, more like.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:46

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

I'm pretty sure that's how the process is supposed to go, Grim....

No no no no. I was supposed to say something like "I'd let her hit my post" or something.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:47

DBSnappa wrote:

She is indeed "striking"

If she showed me her line, I'd picket.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:49

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

She is indeed lovely. But I'd still take Becky Mantin in preference.

Er, huh.

Well, I guess Becky does look more like a boy.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Grim... wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

She is indeed lovely. But I'd still take Becky Mantin in preference.

Er, huh.

Well, I guess Becky does look more like a boy.

No she doesn't, you mental.

However, the harder I look, the more I'm seeing a resemblance with that bird from S Club back in the day. Rachel whatsit.

Which is no bad thing.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:53

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

However, the harder I look, the more I'm seeing a resemblance with that bird from S Club back in the day. Rachel whatsit.

Try shaving your head and getting sovereign rings. You'll look harder then.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

However, the harder I look, the more I'm seeing a resemblance with that bird from S Club back in the day. Rachel whatsit.

Try shaving your head and getting sovereign rings. You'll look harder then.

I see what you did there.

I shaved my head once. I looked like a lunatic.

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