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coronation peaked at 20 million. split between itv, sky news, bbc one, bbc two and bbc news. god save the king! len clarkson was among those who commended the bbc on a weekend of significant broadcasting challenges. but other viewers were less happy. in a moment, we ll hear from amy wynne morris, who found a lack of impartiality in the coverage. first, here sjoe collins, focusing on the decision to broadcast for seven and a half hours on saturday, the same output on the news channel as was already being shown on bbc one and bbc two. when i get up in the morning, i like to turn on my tv or my radio to get the news. but on saturday, the only way i could get news on my tv was to turn on one of the foreign broadcasters. now, the reason that people turn to news channels is because they want to discover something new about what happened in the world. and while i have no problem with how the coronation was covered on bbc one and two, we knew exactly what was going to happen in ....
With support for the monarchy lower than ever and multiple protests taking place over coronation weekend, the question of whether or not the monarchy should have the right to exist in a modern society is clearly a real concern for many people. but instead, i feel like the corporation were acting as a propaganda arm for the monarchy, running constant fluff pieces about just how much people were enjoying the coronation, rather than using any of the endless time devoted to the event to ask any real questions or offer any alternate perspectives besides the state approved one. another viewer who contacted us this week was joanne beaver. so let s talk to her now, along with richard burgess, who s the bbc s director of news content. joanne, were you dreading watching the coronation? well, no, i m an ardent royalist. my family were all very pro the royalfamily. and i personally was looking forward to seeing it on bbc, and alsojoining in with the many village events that were organised to ....
It s also about like media echo chambers. you know what i mean? the dangers of the 24-hour news cycle and how i think mainstream media like fox and even cnn competes for views by running constant 24-hour news cycle based on fear, division, outrage and panic, probably to, like, sell ads. it s not just about the capitol riot. i m not exactly sure first of all, i don t agree with what you re saying, but i m not exactly sure of how that played into people going into the capitol and rioting on january 6th. there s no fake about cnn. i m not saying fake news. i m saying ramping people up and increasing division during that period of time. watch people fall down the rabbit hole and be pushed into action and just, yeah, falling down the conspiracy rabbit hole. i think more people would consider what s happening online ....