Sunday 17 September 2017

Priorities


This is curious. Both Sky News and ITV News are still leading their websites with the latest UK terrorist attack:



The BBC News website, in contrast, has relegated the story down its running order. (It's now a lower priority story than a piece on James Bond):


Meanwhile, and perhaps not coincidentally, Mail Online's main headline at the moment is:


Now, the Mail report is more cautious than its headline and adds caveats like "If true", but the question remains: Why is the BBC demoting the importance of this story at the moment? Is it because of where it could be heading?

Update 8.40: The story has now returned to the top of the BBC News website:

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