Bbc Going Overboard On Nelson Mandela

[dave50]

Anyone agree that the BBC's saturation coverage of Nelson Mandela's life and death a bit much? How many more gushing people do they need to interview?

[bazwillrun]

ANC vitims ..mostly civilians

what did he do if anything to stop them perpertrating these murders ?

1981 – 2 car bombs at Durban showrooms
1983 – Church Street Bomb (killed 19, wounded 217)
1984 – Durban car bomb (killed 5, wounded 27)
1985-1987 – At least 150 landmines on farm roads (killed 125)
1985 – Amanzimtoti Sanlam shopping centre bomb Dec 23 (killed 2 white women and 3 white children)
1986 – Magoo’s Bar bomb (killed 3, wounded 69)
1986 – Newcastle Court bomb (wounded 24)
1987 – Johannesburg Court bomb (killed 3, wounded 10)
1987 – Wits command centre car bomb (killed 1, wounded 68)
1988 – Johannesburg video arcade (killed 1 unborn baby, wounded 10)
1988 – Roodepoort bank bomb (killed 4, wounded 18)
1988 – Pretoria Police housing unit, 2 bombs (wounded 3)
1988 – Magistrate’s Court bomb (killed 3)
1988 – Benoni Wimpy Bar bomb (killed 1, wounded 56)
1988 – Witbank shopping centre bomb (killed 2, wounded 42)
1988 – Ellis Park Rugby Stadium car bomb (killed 2, wounded 37)
Late 1980s – numerous Wimpy Restaurant bombs (killed many, wounded many)

[viv38]

Yes, I agree they've gone overboard AND

mikey 11:15 - how utterly wonderful to be you, your opinion is the right one and nobody else is allowed a different one - WOW !!!

[Peter Pedant]

yes we have a week of this

if you want to email the Beeb and tell them to show someone else - Mrs Brown perhaps then try this:
[email protected];

they are amenable to pressure.
I mercilessly ridiculed their gomless interviews outside the S A high commission/embassy
we were invited to contemplate the pavement outside on which He had walked...I thought the hackette was gonna kiss it at one point, murmuring Nelson Nelson...

[Peter Pedant]

Brenden - taking your q seriously... they cant He wasnt Roman but a Methodist.

Takes me back to WIndsor when Diana had died and a member of the public warbled: was she a Saint ? and the Dean of WIndsor - for it was he - snapped after a gap, " No we havent made saints for 500 y. and she was alive and not Roman Catholic " ' and then noticing the microphone..." but she was very good and we will remember her for a long time.... "

[weecalf]

Well at least we have to put up with the winning of the ashes how many behind now 600 odd is it

[mikey4444]

viv...you are entitled to your opinion, and so am I. You can have any daft opinion you want...its your choice.

[bazwillrun]

Mikey doesnt like people not having his daft leftie views, you should all know that by now surely !?

[mikey4444]

zzzzzzzzzzz

[Peter Pedant]

zzzzzz - how apt how apt

I even know how tall the fella was (6' 4'')

[ichkeria]

When you hear someone like Pik Botha humbly reflecting on how he and his ilk were "blind to the injustices of apartheid" and you know that that noble admission is probably inspired or at least made easier by the personality and stature of Nelson Mandela then it's plain we're dealing with someone very special.

[jno]

just so, ichkeria.

On my TV, I actually have a variety of BBC channels, not all of which are showing Mandela documentaries. Those who haven't got BBC4 could always try one of the shopping channels.

[jno]

a fine list of killings, baz; Mandela's excuse for not doing anything was that he was behind bars at the time.

What's yours?

[bazwillrun]

"what did he do if anything to stop them perpertrating these murders ? "

just for your benefit...

[bazwillrun]

You see, I didnt actually say he was involved with these particular murders did I !?

[DTCwordfan]

It went overboard on repeating things - two important stories were totally excluded by the Beeb on Thursday from 9.45 to 11.15 (maybe later as I turned off) and that was an appalling thing to do, 1) The Storm 2) The Autumn Statement.

The Beeb should learn......but it doesn't.

[nungate]

Having been up until after two in the morning, I can honestly state that the news continued on much in the same vein

[viv38]

Oh so my opinions are 'daft' mikey because I disagree agree with you - how wierd !!!

[viv38]

^^ weird.