of the semi finals and the finals, that s what s expected. but i didn t expect it to spill over onto the news channel. for instance, the day before they spent 20 minutes or so just talking to people who are there and saying, are you excited? well, i think they ve chosen to go to liverpool. they were likely to be excited, but that wasn t news and it was the the lead item at 7:00, i think it was about 20 minutes. that is going above and beyond. and i think the statement highlights it, saying it s important for ukraine, eurovision and the bbc. i m, ok, i could have gone elsewhere for the news, but i m used to getting impartial bbc coverage on bbc news channel. absolutely. thank you, deborah. mark, what about your thoughts on the bbc response? again, with the situation in ukraine and obviously the uk supporting ukraine and hosting the events of the competition and within the united kingdom
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on eurovision, but also the floods and other natural disasters that people needed needed to get the message out and we weren t hearing it. mark, i suppose people might say it was a big event and to host it in liverpool, you know, and it is linked in its own way mark, i suppose people might say it was a big event and to host it in liverpool, you know, and it is linked in its own way to the war in ukraine. was there not a news value in having all that coverage? well, there was some sense of having a news value. and it clearly showcase an event of this nature in uk. and to support ukraine at the same time is probably a good thing. but i completely agree with deborah. i think that it was disproportionate to the amount of other international and national events which were going on and issues which we all face daily, and especially where breakfast news was concerned monday to friday, especially the lead up to thursday and friday. i thought it was complete, excessive and to an extent lazyjour
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yeah. great atmosphere. and on thursday, a synth metal eurovision loving rock. eurovision loving rock god. what s brought you here? you ve told them, haven t you? i ve told them this will be your dream. on friday, jane hill co presented the six and 10:00 news from liverpool tonight at six, the party is under way here in liverpool on the eve of the eurovision song contest, hosting on behalf of ukraine. by saturday afternoon, the imminent start of the final was breaking news on the news channel. it s those two broadcasters working together to deliver what is the best show on planet earth. is it that you re not able to dance to a eurovision classic that is playing in the background? we are talking waterloo and abba here and that s better. you can dance. well, let s see if that sense of excitement was shared by two viewers who contacted us this week, mark bradbury and deborah bardsley. thank you both for coming on. newswatch though, deborah, did all that coverage get you excited about euro
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