Comments on: President Obama: The Inauguration

By: Glenn Aylett

Glenn Aylett — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:28:16 +0000

I often wonder if the BBC would have been so keen if John Mc Cain won. Yes I wish Barack Obama well, but like another leader who won an election over here 12 years ago with the media working itself into a frenzy over him, will disillusion set in? At the end of the day the Obama victory was not a second coming and was not a landslide, as 48 per cent of Americans did not vote for him. I have no beef with Obama as he seems a decent man, but like all politicians things will go wrong.

By: Cindylover1969

Cindylover1969 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:57:55 +0000

I’m sure CNN et al will do a similarly underwhelming job of covering the next Coronation.

“Why is the American national anthem the same as ours?”

If “My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee” actually is the American national anthem that would be an excellent question. Fortunately someone realised the problem several eras ago – and thus a song that isn’t suicidally dreary (“The Star-Spangled Banner”) took the mantle instead.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:55:35 +0000

Personally, I watched the coverage on Sky News – which at least had the decency to shut up through most of it and let it happen in front of us even if it did leave the viewer with several unanswered questions. Both Sky News and BBC News however spoilt the occasion for me by suddenly lurching into BREAKING NEWS mode when a couple of the senators fell ill and subsequently spent the next half hour bringing pointless updates and newsflashes on what various “eyewitnesses” had said or thought they might have seen.

By: Ljones

Ljones — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:04:31 +0000

I only saw the ending of this, but I did find it weird that only this one programme was shown. No repeat, no “highlights” programme even for those who missed it (which would have been quite a few – most people would be at work). And the one place you’d have thought you might have had coverage – namely radio – was oddly silent too. No audio being broadcast (say) on radio 4, not a thing. The BBC’s coverage was well….minimal.

Ljones

By: Rob Williams

Rob Williams — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:08:38 +0000

On such a day when there should have been celebrating for a new age, the BBC brought soggy sandwiches to the party…

By: Jack Kibble-White

Jack Kibble-White — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:59:55 +0000

I still can’t believe I am yet to see headlines proclaiming “America’s got B.O.” Also, am I the first person to realise that the only State in the US not to contain a single letter from the name BARACK OBAMA is, rather ironically, Tennessee?