Miners Rescue - Chile

What on earth is "button on/button off" that's hardly a standardised word for record and cut....

I wondered that too.

You asked "why shouldn't the media outlets cover it extensively"

And I said "because there'll be nothing to see"

Sorry for the confusion.

I think the coverage of the miners rescue has been great and we’ve relay seen talents of the presenters/ reporters out there Tim Wilcox has been doing wonders on BBC and it’s great to see presenters like this getting out and anchoring / reporting on big stories such as this he’s brilliant in the newsroom and out and about and think he deserves a space on BBC 1 National news but then BBC World news would be suffering , over on ITV Geraint Vincent has done a great job as well I know he’s come in for quite a bit of stick at times for being irritating but I think he’s an excellent reporter and deserves a more senior role at ITN , Richard Gaitsford is keeping daybreak viewers informed quite well and I Think it’s a good idea for Itv news and daybreak to share resources and on Sky News Andrew Wilson is also showing his talents as a reporter he’s an excellent out there.

Call me flippant but all the coverage of this keeps reminding me of the Simpsons episode were Bart pretended to be stuck down a well, I half expect Sting to do a concert at the mine on wednesday!

Yes there will.

OK, they might not get the sensationalist shots of people being pulled out of the ground live on air, but there will be plenty of interviews to be done, emotional re-unions and happy families to show us, probably along with the almost inevitable "tour" of the areas where the miners have been living underground (probably just a narration over some pooled video provided by the rescuers).

Does anyone else not think the coverage is completely over hyped. Is it worth sending presenters out there when a correspondent would suffice. We will not see the miners being rescued live before our eyes. Were not going to see them being reunited with their families. The best shot were going to get is a helicopter in the sky. Is it worth the media circus for that?

Channel 4 News, Daybreak and ITV News have sent correspondents and not presenters, haven't they?

No. for the reasons I've expressed previously.

... comparing with non 24 hour news operations isn't really valid.

When you think about it, the BBC shipment of correspondents and crew is justifiable. They have 2x24 hour news channels, and 3 flagship bulletins on BBC One per day. I can't see the problem with Tim or anyone else from the BBC being there.

It's a good news story. I suppose the media are keen to give this story as much attention as they would to a terrible news story. It is arguably a fascinating event given the amount of time they're trapped. Almost 70 days.

But I certainly have an issue with the BBC sending people from London to cover the story when there's people in South America, that seem to do nothing. I really don't get the point of so many international reporters.

But, as others have said, the handful of people based in South America (which is not a tiny place) don't have the resources to allow them to fulfil all of the demands by the producers. Additional kit and personnel are going to need to be sent out anyway, so why not send a presenter / reporter who is experienced in those demands at the same time?

What exactly do you see as being an issue?