A different reporter in different places gives us up to date news as it is happening, we dont pay there wages I dont see it as a problem

No, I  personally don't think so Brisket.

I always assumed that the news teams were based all around the country - therefore they don't need to go far?

However, it does make me laugh when I am watching the BBC news in the morning and they show someone live from wherever, and the poor sod is stood outside in the cold and all we can see behind them is pitch dark

Actually I think we do Marg.... we pay for the licence and our taxes pay for the the Beeb... I think

It must get boring watching and hearing the same person deliver the same (more or less) news on a daily basis though.

Perhaps we do pay towards their pay a bit in the BBC I dont know to be honest, I still dont see it as a problem or a waste of money as it is a news program and we get first hand news.. they have to compete with the other channels IMO.

I don't think I would generalize. After all there are many occasions when it is important that a reportes is on the spot. One only has to think of the recent rescue of the miners in Chile.
But there are many times when there is no good reason for a reporter to be at a certain spot, especially when they are not interviewing anyone or uncovering new evidence.
"This is the field where Fred was found" says the reporter standing in a field.
No need I would say. They surely have pictures of fields in their massive library.
A police statement has to be delivered from that spot where the "Scotland Yard" 3-sided sign rotates. There is no need to stand there. The statement has been issued by technology - it has not been delievered by hand to a reporter  who has popped round to collect it.
Why do Downing Street statements have to be commented upon from Downing Street, when the statement has already been released to the press?
I'd say it's sometimes good to be on the spot, and sometimes quite unnecessary.


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Hi Brisket  I do see were you are coming from but being on the scene is part of a journalist job..

I find it patronizing.

lol, we pay for virtually all.  Aside from it's overseas income, where d'you think BBC cash comes from? 

I object more when there are reporters outside the house of someone who has suffered a loss in their family and we are told how they have asked for their privacy to be respected at this time and how they will not be commenting.

Usually the reporter acts as though they are the only reporter who should be there and implies that all the other reporters are causing unnecessary grief to said person.

Obviously they leave all sensitivity & empathy in their offices along with their wage slips.

Is it the same source as Sky and ITV's cash?