BBC Breaking News Ghouls

agree, the whole meeting's get a dreadful press on all channels, especially seems there's more of an agenda from the Beeb now it's not theirs.

Exactly.

It's like they're rubbing their hands and licking their lips waiting for fatalities.

Sky Sports News have it flashing across their screens on the yellow ticker too,idiots.

Best to avoid the News because you will get opinions from people who know absoloutely nothing about horses and where probably happily eating one a few weeks ago.

I wish someone who is involved and was a good communicator would have a proper debate on what is acceptable regarding animal welfare.

That said I am losing faith all the time in the course and dread tomorrow at 4.30.

Non racing folk outnumber us massively, whatever they know or don't know they will not go away. In fact the less they know the more likely they are to raise their concerns when fed with biased news headlines.
I agree with steamship, if racing cannot get it's point across, the sport may be in trouble soon.

Have we lost any today, btw?

I'm a BBC supporter, but quite shocked about how much the Beeb are vilifying Aintree, this week.

Obviously some sour grapes tactic. It seems memos have been sent out.

This in the same week, (whisper it) former BBC employee and columnist Paolo di Canio got a fair bit of hypocritical flak.
(I'm not comparing the two, obviously)

what you gunna do, phone BBC to tell em they know nowt about racing, because if they did they'd know horses die quite often at lesser meetings through out the season?

In the jumping game a few horses are killed on track each week without it ever appearing on the National news. Aintree may be bringing a focus on the sport that people who want to ban NH racing totally are using to push their argument.

Of course, the public are being manipulated by skilled people with an agenda, it is not the business of the BBC news to give out unbalanced nonsense.

saddo • April 5, 2013 5:13 PM BST
Have we lost any today, btw?

Little Josh

saddo,little josh

Ta, tt, a shame but they'll all be killed if the antis get their way.

Why don't the BBC mention the ones that perish at Plumpton on a wet Monday?
Are their lives less worthy to those ever so caring RSPCA bellends?

It's a clear agenda these sickos have, and a few of you need to follow my lead in fcukin' them right off with that licence fee!

BBC is a dreadful outfit.

Complain to the BBC about this disgusting reporting. I have. The link is on their homepage - just type 'complaint' in their Search facility.

Here's the duplicity of the modern media writ large.  It's a truly desperate attempt to rain on the C4 (and Clare B in particular) parade.

On no other occasion in recorded history have any UK 24/7 media outlets been keeping a daily scorecard of dead or injured horses.

It's funny - as soon as I suggest you actually DO something the thread goes quiet.

Jim will fix it

All busy firing off complaints - for what little good it'll do.

Main 6 o clock news showing replay of death of Little Josh - disgusting

Ghoulish is exactly the right word.

They've done some really good build-up to it on 5 Live this week, but they're really letting themselves down with this reporting.

They'll be gutted if Seabass wins and every horse returns unscathed.