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[Closed] Has the BBC started hiring tabloid staffers...?

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From here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-22908133

Although Debenham had booked a three-night stay, he was [b]rumbled[/b] after two nights by suspicious staff

(I can't recall the last time I heard anyone being 'rumbled' outside of Guy Ritchie's celluloid world)

And also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22907713

This

Describing the [b]smash[/b] on its Facebook page, Chiswick RNLI said:.....

Doesn't really sit with

There was superficial damage to gilded carvings on one side and a wooden crown on the stern was knocked overboard

Maybe I just need to back away from the keyboard.... 😆


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 3:24 pm
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dummin down innit?


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 3:33 pm
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First might well be from a court stringer or the PA, rather than a BBC staff reporter.

Send them an email about it though, they love getting them.


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 3:35 pm
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Radio One newsreaders have been saying "gonna" for years. Boils my piss.


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 3:36 pm
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Radio One newsreaders
Are you twelve? No? Then what the flip are you doing listening to Radio 1?

Cheers,
Jamie


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 3:47 pm
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The Beeb has been dumbing-down for the last thirty years.


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 3:47 pm
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Radio One newsreaders have been saying "gonna" for years.

😀 [i]"Radio 1 Newsbeat"[/i] is basically [i]"John Craven's Newsround"[/i] for the remedial kids.


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 4:04 pm
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Jamie - I don't, anymore 😆


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 4:11 pm
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Ex News of the World staff had to get a job somewhere!


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 4:27 pm
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The trouble is that most BBC news is now 'remedial'.


 
Posted : 14/06/2013 4:30 pm

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