London Tower Block Fire

The other point, I think, is that we simply do not know. We can't confirm if what the broadcasters are saying is correct or not, there's going to be a public inquiry into it. The broadcasters are using their skill and judgement as to what to report.

If there is a "puzzle", it's not up to us to solve it, so I don't know why it needs to be brought up here, I find it quite unpleasant to indulge in speculation in this forum.

We can't even find out who owns the TVS archive, so what use are we going to be?

Yup - what Steve said.

Im not indulge in speculation, Im highlighting what been presented. As a pres forum we should at least take note on how the companies deal with stories rightly or wrongly.

Right - but what you're seeming to ignore is that even if corporate and governmental entities attempt to mislead or spin, broadcasters' relaying of that obfuscation is PART of telling the story, rather than an act of deliberate collusion until they/we know any better.

Probably better off discussing this at Metropol

https://metropol247.co.uk

See... in my opinion, you'd be right if the discussion were purely about the legality or otherwise of the cladding, but really, it's about the journalism, which goes hand-in-hand with the presentation, which I reckon therefore makes it fair game, though the mods are free to disagree if they wish

I would expand point b to include making sure those people in positions of power are asked the challenging questions (at the appropriate time, once it is reasonable to assume that they have had a chance to find out what the hell is happenning) rather than merely relaying the version that they want to spin.

LBC have been doing some good work on this story, in particular finding that the cladding in question was still for sale on the maker's website with a case study about this particular tower block, which they have now removed following LBC's interest.

Its been stated it was taking down out of respect, so again spin somewhere. I dare say your right.

With respect, as a founding member and former moderator of TV Forum, I can categorically say that the original intention was the discussion of television idents and continuity - not of journalistic content. I completely accept your point that in reality the two go hand in hand, but we've always had a bias towards television branding rather than content. Granted, that may have slipped in recent years, but historically it's been the case.

Que sera sera.

Not necessarily - if enough members remain loyal to the forum's founding principles. There's no reason we need to stray into discussion of journalism - there are plenty of other places online for that.

As the discussion will inevitably become political, I think it would be better to err on the side of caution.