Is FMD news agenda being manipulated?
The first question I thought of whilst watching the breaking news about the Foot & Mouth Disease outbreak yesterday was "Has this already spread?"
I am sure that I am not the only one to be thinking about that. My concerns are partly selfish because I am planning to walk the first quarter of the Pennine Way at the end of this month, but I cannot believe that this is not a significant question given that we have fears about a repeat of 2001.
So, as this is such an important question, why is this comment:
"Defra said it was investigating other possible outbreaks of the disease"
buried inside the BBC News FMD article. Is someone trying to use the emergency context as a means of manipulating the news agenda, or have the BBC naively failed to recognise the importance of the comment? I honestly cannot see why this is not the headline.
Interesting to note that Sky do have it as a headline.
I am sure that I am not the only one to be thinking about that. My concerns are partly selfish because I am planning to walk the first quarter of the Pennine Way at the end of this month, but I cannot believe that this is not a significant question given that we have fears about a repeat of 2001.
So, as this is such an important question, why is this comment:
"Defra said it was investigating other possible outbreaks of the disease"
buried inside the BBC News FMD article. Is someone trying to use the emergency context as a means of manipulating the news agenda, or have the BBC naively failed to recognise the importance of the comment? I honestly cannot see why this is not the headline.
Interesting to note that Sky do have it as a headline.
posted by Martin Curtis at 4:09 PM
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