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Emrys

(7,242 posts)
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 02:10 PM Feb 2022

James Robertson's 'The news where you are'



Robertson's monologue is from a Scottish perspective, but it applies to political regionalism and the media wherever you are.

On another YouTube version (with less clear audio but louder audience response), this exchange happened in the comments:

Tim Rowe
Excellent. Although, mind, I live in London, and we get "the news where you are" too, which suggests that the "where you are" and "where we are" isn't a matter of geography.

James Robertson
Absolutely right, Tim.There is geography and political geography. However, if you watch the BBC News online, the default 'news where you are' is - guess where? - London

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James Robertson's 'The news where you are' (Original Post) Emrys Feb 2022 OP
Here in Yorkshire.... T_i_B Feb 2022 #1

T_i_B

(14,738 posts)
1. Here in Yorkshire....
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 03:11 PM
Feb 2022

... The local TV news show "Look North" is derisively known as "Look Leeds" as the regional news is seen as being much to skewed towards L**ds over the rest of Yorkshire.

I do however think that it's almost invariably a bad thing when the news where you are becomes the news where we are. See the floods in South Yorkshire today as a prime example of this.

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