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a father lost. we mentioned last week that there have been plaudits for the bbc teams on the ground, but some viewers had reservations about the coverage. two of them recorded their thoughts for us on camera. first, john carberry reacting to that last clip we saw, and then clive kelly. during the filming of the results of the turkish earthquake on the early evening news of 8 february, a man discovered the remains of his of his whole family crushed into the rubble. the camera closed in on him and continued to film. this was a prolonged and disgraceful intrusion on private misery, and whoever sanctioned it should be ashamed of themselves. we don t need to be so close to what s happening on the ground to know how bad it is. so please, please, bbc, can you act with some dignity? notjoin the race, as some news companies are trying to do, which is to be as closest to the diggers, as closest to the bodies, as closest to the rubble as possible. but give some space, give some di ....
Have been laura bicker, who i also heard the following day explaining how, despite her continuing to talk really quietly, she was not interfering with any of the rescue efforts. and, of course, we would, you know, that would be our absolute priority, that we would not want to jeopardise anybody s safety or, of course, jeopardise any of the potential rescue efforts. one of the other questions viewers will have after a terrible disaster like this is how long the bbc chooses to stay in the region, and stay on this story. i think it s really important that we continue to stay on the story. we absolutely are committed to doing that. you know, there is a humanitarian crisis following these earthquakes. we need to continue to tell those stories. we need to continue to bring that story to as wide a possible audience. there ll obviously be concern about the welfare ofjournalists, too, seeing some of this traumatic stuff but then thinking about local people. there was the amazing story on the ....