Is it just me, or has the whole 'lets expose BBC fakery' witchhunt gone a bit too far?
Today's latest scandal involves using a soundbite of babies crying to enhance a clip of footage that arrived at the BBC without sound.
I realise it was used on the news but in reality, does any one really care whether the cries they hear are those of the same baby they are watching?
Obviously lines need to be drawn, and to excuse something as trivial as this isn't to forgive the larger misdemenours of the corporation, however, I do feel that the press need to get some degree of perspective on the issue.
Likewise, where Blue Peter's bloopers are concerned, the show has taken a repeated bashing over recent months.
Whilst I am in full agreement that competitions shouldn't have been fixed, and that people need to be honest with children, the recent scrutiny of every detail of the BBC's broadcasting seems completely ignorant of the fact that TV is entertainment, and not every aspect of entertainment is 100% real - a reality most viewers happily accept.
1 comment:
Well said - if every television programmewas filmed exactly as it was seen people would soon complain of being bored and tired of things not loking good.
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