10 ways the BBC hit back at that Sun front page
So here’s the Sun’s front page about the BBC today.
Thursday's Sun: "Here is the Snooze" (via @AllieHBNews) #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/f5X1UNnoDJ
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 15, 2017
“BBC workers have been accused of wasting licence payers’ money after several were photographed dozing at their desks.
The napping night-shifters were snapped by an angry colleague on the BBC News channel at Broadcasting House, London.”
And here’s how the BBC responded.
1.
Even with our eyes closed, it’s good to know the public trusts BBC News more than the Sun. pic.twitter.com/RBogyQSjVa
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) November 16, 2017
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It’s true @TheSun we do sleep on the job. Our work is a bit taxing at times. @BBCNews doesn’t do lazy journalism. How about you? pic.twitter.com/5VBjL9zlEl
— Quentin Sommerville (@sommervilletv) November 16, 2017
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LMAO
These figures are 100% bullshit. Staff salaries in news start from around £26,000 and I would love to know what shift gets you £450 12 hours because even presenters aren’t paid that. pic.twitter.com/cPCwXFuRbM
— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) November 16, 2017
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Or – taking the breaks to which they are entitled at their desks. pic.twitter.com/oqoOpNtPHU
— Mishal Husain (@MishalHusainBBC) November 16, 2017
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Just starting my BBC News Channel shift like… pic.twitter.com/m5XuGFEgqq
— Robert Coxwell (@RobertCoxwell) November 16, 2017
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Small point: Not a single person pictured in this story works at the BBC News Channel… pic.twitter.com/WbWJXnTvtW
— Robert Coxwell (@RobertCoxwell) November 16, 2017
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New shocking Snoozegate revelation – had to wake this @BBCNews employee who was asleep on the NEWSROOM CARPET! pic.twitter.com/Qf13qECQBC
— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) November 16, 2017
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A sense of how we'll factchecked this "story" is:
1 BBC News Channel is off air by midnight
2 Its shifts finish then (tho staff known to stay beyond hours-unpaid-to cover breaking news).
3 Overnight newsroom tech staff may remain at desk to rest during an unpaid overnight breaks https://t.co/kPamq5cnFn— Rob Lawrence (@RobLawrence) November 15, 2017
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*PERSONAL VIEW KLAXON* Incredibly annoyed by this. I used to do night shifts. Reading and writing words is not physical work but it can still be knackering. I sometimes had a nap. https://t.co/aUcsYZwXX7
— Callum May (@callummay) November 15, 2017
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I’m sure people in other overnight office jobs have done the same. Oh yes, and if you’ve gone round photographing your colleagues asleep you’re a weird, creepy bastard. *PERSONAL VIEW ENDS*
— Callum May (@callummay) November 15, 2017