Scroll down to this: Thompson spooked by Sky News
Someone tell the producers on BBC1 drama Spooks they aren't helping director general Mark Thompson's crusade to boost News 24. Mark says he's tired of turning up in newsrooms and studios to find Sky News on the monitors, rather than News 24. You might want to have a chat with Peter Fincham then, Mark. Despite protestations a couple of years ago from ex-controller Lorraine Heggessey that Spooks doesn't plug Sky News, last night's episode of the latest series of the hit MI5 drama featured no less than five - count 'em - Sky News presenters. If even MI5 tunes into Sky to find out the latest news then what hope does News 24 have?
None.
How bad is that when the BBC's own employees watch Sky News rather than the BBC's?
You might also remember that the sailors on HMS Ark Royal turned to Fox News and turned off BBC news in protest over the BBC's anti-war reporting.
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