Just look at the way in which the number of BBC complaints has been reported. They start off mentioning how 90 odd people complained about the amount of coverage, even quoting viewer comments...then quietly mention that 300 odd complaints were actually over the commentary of it...friggin typical
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...son-memorial-BBC-receives-473-complaints.html
Viewers contacted the broadcaster to express unhappiness at the way the BBC dedicated two channels to the ceremony in Los Angeles.
The BBC admitted that 91 of the calls were specifically about the "excessive" coverage, 47 complained about the scheduling changes and many expressed concerns about tone of the reporting.
One complainant said: "I feel very strongly that the BBC should have exercised some sort of editorial restraint and cut back on the coverage of Michael Jackson's farcical memorial service.
"I tuned into BBC Two to watch a previously scheduled programme and found instead tabloid nonsense that has no place on the channel. This sort of over blown coverage I expect from Sky news but not the BBC."
Another said: "The saturation coverage of this by the BBC was a complete farce" and accused the corporation of pandering to a "younger" demographic.
The BBC News channel and the international BBC World News outlet screened the memorial with coverage fronted by Rajesh Mirchandani.
However, BBC Two also cleared its early evening schedule to broadcast live from the memorial from the Staples Centre.
The programme peaked at 4.5m viewers with a 20 per cent share of the audience watching in that time slot.
Trevor Nelson, the Radio 1 DJ introduced the coverage from London, while the BBC's high definition channel also broadcasted the proceedings.
The BBC said that audiences for the television bulletins were up and BBC online saw more than 8.2m global unique users, the second highest since President Barack Obama's election.
A spokesman said: "BBC Two is showing this important entertainment event, giving viewers the opportunity to enjoy performances from contributing artists as they celebrate one of pop music's most influential artists. It's appropriate that viewers are able to watch this event on a mainstream BBC channel available to both digital and terrestrial viewers".
"The majority of those calls, 302, was about the commentary on the programme. With such an emotive event people will always have a reaction about the tone and style of the programme."
Last week, the BBC received 748 complaints over its 'wall-to-wall' coverage of the death of the singer.
