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and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning, there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicola s. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it s taken away from the purpose of, of, of their work and of the police s work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation really of much of the press and media coverage and what the family said was media intrusion into th ....
and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning. there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicola s. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it s taken away from the purpose of, of, of their work and of the police s work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation really of much of the press and media coverage and what the family said was media intrusion into th ....
Said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it s taken away from the purpose of, of, of their work and of the police s work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation really of much of the press and media coverage and what the family said was media intrusion into their lives. ....
I think we were very careful to keep in touch with friends of the family to make sure that we were doing the right thing. in regards to the tone and the amount of coverage that we gave, it s certainly true that friends and family wanted some publicity, wanted to find nicola, and gave interviews to the media to that effect. but there s a balance, isn t there? you ve got to try and strike the right balance between reflecting that, but also respecting their right to privacy. another issue, the police got a lot of criticism for releasing very private information about ms bulley and then the bbc kept repeating that information. why? well, i think the information itself was relevant. it was released by the police, but also by the family. so that statement also included a statement from the family, which included further details about nicola and about her medical condition. we did report that, ....
Did the BBC play a part in a media feeding frenzy around the search for Nicola Bulley? And did the attention it gave the story intrude on a family s private. ....