Sky News better than BBC

25 minutes later the BBC have the cheek to say 'breaking news'.

BBC viewers have missed a lot of the points raised.

This is a repeated problem with the BBC, does anybody have a friend or family working for the BBC who knows why?

Like most political speeches it's already been released to the media and we've been informed of its content in advance.

It's not really news is it, just political reporting so no need to be live.

Sorry. It was LIVE and perhaps I find the subject more interesting.

It was a wider question anyway, why are the BBC so behind the curve when it comes to the news.

I know it was LIVE on Sky POGS - I was just offering a possible reason why the BBC didn't show it live.

Your OP said that BBC viewers had missed a lot of the points raised but surely they have all day to catch up - it's hardly critical stuff.

As for the BBC being behind the curve with news - no idea if that's the case as don't spend all day comparing news channels!

I find Sky News much more stridently presented than BBC but that could just be my age!

I am a BBC fan, but confess I find Sky 24 hours more varied.

The BBC are lately being accused of having a left wing bias and often seem to be falling over themselves to prove otherwise. A friend who takes a great interest in current affairs recommended Channel 4 as being the best for unbiased, thorough reporting. As a BBC fan, I'm reluctant to go elsewhere, but I'm tempted.

I prefer Channel 4

I watch Sky News on Freeview and do find they are ahead of the BBC but the advert breaks really annoy me in the middle of news and I turn to the BBC 24 hr news.