BBC matches Daily Mail reporting standards?
Mar 25, 2023, 4:11 pm
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BBC matches Daily Mail reporting standards?
Reading the BBC news report on self checkin kiosk issues at Gatwick today, and they seem to have taken on someone from the DM . Apparently one passenger queued for 2h waiting to check in for her “BA flight to Australia “. Hmmmmm…….
Mar 25, 2023, 4:21 pm
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Could be BA to DOH and then QR to Australia?
Mar 25, 2023, 4:33 pm
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Or BA to somewhere and thence on to Australia. Even if on a separate ticket many people would start at LGW for their trip.
I’m off to OSL, then BRU, AUH and BKK to get to HAN. So if inclined to make a fuss I’d blame BA from LHR for the delay.
I’m off to OSL, then BRU, AUH and BKK to get to HAN. So if inclined to make a fuss I’d blame BA from LHR for the delay.
Mar 26, 2023, 12:57 am
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I don't see anything here that suggests that the BBC has reported this story in a sloppy way.
Mar 26, 2023, 1:27 am
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The link is here for those interested: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...x-65075417.amp
Reporting of the destination aside this must have been a real pain in my experience the Gatwick operation is much more reliant on self check in than Heathrow, most of the staffed check in desks are not usually open, and part of what was the BA zone (ticketing/assistance) has been changed over to a Vueling area.
Reporting of the destination aside this must have been a real pain in my experience the Gatwick operation is much more reliant on self check in than Heathrow, most of the staffed check in desks are not usually open, and part of what was the BA zone (ticketing/assistance) has been changed over to a Vueling area.
Mar 26, 2023, 1:27 am
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The story actually quotes a woman saying that she was "taking her sister to the airport to catch a British Airways flight to Australia". It's likely that her sister was flying to Doha and then onwards to Australia and, having probably booked the journey through BA, quite reasonably expected the entire journey to be on BA planes.
I don't see anything here that suggests that the BBC has reported this story in a sloppy way.
I don't see anything here that suggests that the BBC has reported this story in a sloppy way.
Mar 26, 2023, 1:35 am
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The journalist is quoting someone. I wouldn't expect them to then go off and check the schedules to see whether there actually is a flight to Australia; for the purposes of the story, which is the length of delay suffered by passengers, it makes no difference.
Mar 26, 2023, 5:44 am
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If it was "Fears of Arctic Freeze Chaos as Passenger Takes 2hrs to Check In" it would be the Daily Express.