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Right Lads, what happens in the mine. Stays in the mine :D

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32 rescued and the capsules on its way down for the last miner ... then its the 5 rescuers to go ....

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All 33 now out!! Excellent news................just the 5 rescuers to come up now. Well done all involved :):):)

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I am going to duck and hide when i have said this.......yes it was moving to watch the rescue....but did all the channels have to give so much time to the subject? Has there been no other news in the time that the rescue was going on?

The longer it went on and the more tedious I found it.

Don't get me wrong, I am really glad that they all survied and were restored to their families, but I didn't want to watch the whole shebang....am I on my own here?

Now, I'll go and find a big stone to hide under.:)

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I'll come and hide with you, Margaret, because I agree with you. Yes it was a fantastic and moving achievement, but once it was up and running, the news channels could have left them to it, and given regular updates.

It is one of the problems with rolling 24 hour news stations that sometimes they go over the top in the coverage they give individual stories.

That said, I'm as delighted as everyone else that the 33 miners are all safe.

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I too thought that the coverage was over excessive, great they are all out, but was it really necessary to have 22 hours live coverage of an event that has no real bearing on our own lives ? Or was this a collective escapism from our own pressing concerns & problems (in the UK & Europe), a feel good uplift for the populace ?

Who took note of more Labour MP's being pulled up for expenses ? The death of 6 NATO troops in Afghanistan ? Foreign GP's who can't speak English ? More people to face tax demands from HMRC due to HMRC screwing up ...again !

But of course the Chileans are fine & they'll be doing alright out of it, films, interviews, documentaries, well 32 of them at least ! I think there's one who probably wished he'd stayed down the mine.

Just a tad O.T.T. but that, as they say, is only my opinion.

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I was at front of TV more than ever before, stayed up till 3 am ( still knackered ) this was history being made , I wanted to see it live . The Chileans have lead the way and are proud. A very emotional event that could have been o so very different.

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don't hide, i feel exactly the same

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I am not sure why the news programs have to approach situations like this with such fervour.....it smacks of 'overkill'. The Raoul Moat situation was just the same.
Do we really need to see every second of what is going on?
And how much bad news was 'buried' by this event?

Anyway I am glad I was not on my own in getting decidely tired of the business.

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That was so moving.....It was history in the making,,,i am so glad they are all safe,,,and every credit to those wonderful rescuers,,,.

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I want to know, how someone decided in which order they would go in the capsule.

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They held a darts knockout.:)

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More experienced came out first, so if there was a problem with the capsule they would have a better chance .Then it was the " not so healthy" eg diabetics , blood pressure etc .

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The worst example of overkill on Sky News in recent months was the Naomi Campbell/dirty diamonds court case. A complete non story, yet Sky carried the whole court proceedings live for hours on end.

Anyway, to keep on thread, I thought the Chilean President did a good job staying through the whole rescue. He showed true leadership of the country.

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You don't need to Margaret, how many times do we have to see the lift coming to the surface and the President hugging the next to be rescued, its just been over kill:(