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Tealeaf · 29-09-2011, 16:07

Anyway, what's the odds that this will make the main news on ITV/BBC tonight?

Given that today is the second or third hottest day of the year, I would have thought it would be rather newsworthy that the best part of a borough of 80,000 people has now been without water for almost two days.

I can guarantee this - if it had been the City of Westminster, we would now have round the clock news coverage of the disaster engulfing the City, with people being interviewed in the streets, councillors being questioned, water managers before the cameras. What have we got so far? Nothing! Maybe a 4 minute slot on tonight's regional news.

29-09-2011, 16:07	#111
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Water Main Burst Anyway, what's the odds that this will make the main news on ITV/BBC tonight? Given that today is the second or third hottest day of the year, I would have thought it would be rather newsworthy that the best part of a borough of 80,000 people has now been without water for almost two days. I can guarantee this - if it had been the City of Westminster, we would now have round the clock news coverage of the disaster engulfing the City, with people being interviewed in the streets, councillors being questioned, water managers before the cameras. What have we got so far? Nothing! Maybe a 4 minute slot on tonight's regional news.