Complaint to the BBC no 500k coverage
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| dannyboy73 |  | Complaint to the BBC no 500k coverage | 10-07-2016 @ 07:55 |
Mask it or Casket !! Member 4600, 8167 posts SQ 240, BP 162.5, DL 255657.5 kgs @ 90.5kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 10.07.2016 @ 08:05 AM by dannyboy73 I cant see Eds 500 reported anywhere on the BBC website...I have made an official complaint. I hope others follow. Enough women's football and other crap shoved down my throat that nobody is interested in.  :madhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy |  | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:06 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts | I honestly thought you were joking. Was alcohol involved in this? | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:17 |
 Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 18460 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | Post Edited: 10.07.2016 @ 08:18 AM by Fatpete At the risk if a barrage of abuse, I am unsurprised at the lack of coverage. I would suggest the following reasons -one, he not only is untested but it is an open secret that he would never pass a test two, he used straps The powerlifters have a lift they call the deadlift, so if that is one, then what Ed did wasn't. If a powerlifter in a tested fed did it, it would get coverage. But not this. It is an immense weight and he is supremely strong - no question about either. But newsworthy to the masses, I would have thought not | ||
| Luuuuuukey | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:21 |
 Hill sprints are fun! Member 731, 3253 posts SQ 200, BP 127.5, DL 232.5560.0 kgs @ 80kgs UnEq | I'm a huge fan of Mr Hall and cheered like nobody's business at my laptop screen as he lifted 500kg. The main difference between myself and the majority of the population is that I give a s**t about a bloke picking a weight up off the floor. Not surprised at all that it didn't get reported by the BBC. | ||
| scruffmcbuff | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:45 |
Lovely ass Congrats. Member 5958, 2315 posts SQ 280, BP 170, DL 300750.0 kgs @ 138kgs UnEq | Fatpete said:At the risk if a barrage of abuse, I am unsurprised at the lack of coverage. I would suggest the following reasons - one, he not only is untested but it is an open secret that he would never pass a test two, he used straps The powerlifters have a lift they call the deadlift, so if that is one, then what Ed did wasn't. If a powerlifter in a tested fed did it, it would get coverage. But not this. It is an immense weight and he is supremely strong - no question about either. But newsworthy to the masses, I would have thought not Sadly, I believe you are right. Ultimately no one really gives a s**t about strongman or powerlifting which is a shame because a fella from our very own little island did something unthinkable and most the public wont know. | ||
| dannyboy73 | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:47 |
Mask it or Casket !! Member 4600, 8167 posts SQ 240, BP 162.5, DL 255657.5 kgs @ 90.5kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 10.07.2016 @ 08:51 AM by dannyboy73 My point is that we are forced to give a crap about womens football and other such nonsense. why cant this significant event be published?Apparently it only matters if Arnold's there! Im still a bit high from the Euro vote tbh. scruffmcbuff said: Ultimately no one really gives a s**t about strongman or powerlifting which is a shame because a fella from our very own little island did something unthinkable and most the public wont know. | ||
| KevC86 | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:51 |
 Member 5141, 4466 posts SQ 300, BP 180, DL 350830.0 kgs @ 130kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 10.07.2016 @ 20:39 PM by KevC86 Edit | ||
| dannyboy73 | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:56 |
Mask it or Casket !! Member 4600, 8167 posts SQ 240, BP 162.5, DL 255657.5 kgs @ 90.5kgs UnEq | My complaint is the bias coverage or lack of. I get what everyone is saying. However, a little compliant now and again can make a big shift in coverage. Im fairly sure that pressure groups got involved in womens football (as an example) KevC86 said: you arent forced to care about it at all, no one makes you read articles about womens football. | ||
| John | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 08:58 |
#biggef Member 5263, 3492 posts SQ 260, BP 195, DL 260715.0 kgs @ 130kgs UnEq | Yeah it's a sorry fact that not everyone shares our passion for lifting heavy s**t, having said that I have seen Eddie on breakfast news before so maybe it will come up somewhere else,what about that t-shirt going for 3grand then aye? | ||
| dannyboy73 | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 09:00 |
Mask it or Casket !! Member 4600, 8167 posts SQ 240, BP 162.5, DL 255657.5 kgs @ 90.5kgs UnEq | Must have been seriously sweaty. Surprised the signature didnt run. John said:Yeah it's a sorry fact that not everyone shares our passion for lifting heavy s**t, having said that I have seen Eddie on breakfast news before so maybe it will come up somewhere else,what about that t-shirt going for 3grand then aye? | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 09:02 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts | Plus it is not an Olympic Sport. I am kind of surprised so much of our strength "talent" ends up in SM - I know that SM gets multiple more times coverage in the UK than the UK WL team but all it would take would be one guy to be sort-of-competitive on the world level at SHW and, assuming you weren't a complete c**t, you'd almost be guaranteed coverage on the BBC and thus the biggest platform afforded to anybody nationwide. Just a Sunday morning muse. | ||
| samue1son | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 09:25 |
 Member 4416, 1372 posts SQ 210, BP 175, DL 240625.0 kgs @ 122kgs UnEq | Okay so I've just sent them a moderately worded "I was disappointed to find that there was no coverage of this even" email. I agree. The BBC and it's leftist policy bow to sports such as one fingered, wheelchair bound ten pin bowling because people kick off. They finally covered snippets of UFC after enough bum boys and my peers pressured for something. Plus the public showed interest. If a video of his pull is 1m views, eventually something needs to give. Saying that, part of me doesn't want mainstream coverage. They can barely scrapr together weight-lifting articles. They may well cock up basic journalism about this kind of event, like they (still) do on MMA. Sports outside of the accepted circle will always be that. | ||
| scruffmcbuff | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 09:56 |
Lovely ass Congrats. Member 5958, 2315 posts SQ 280, BP 170, DL 300750.0 kgs @ 138kgs UnEq | dannyboy73 said:My point is that we are forced to give a crap about womens football and other such nonsense. why cant this significant event be published? Apparently it only matters if Arnold's there! Im still a bit high from the Euro vote tbh. Oh i agree with you, the amount of s**t the bbc give coverage and they miss out on a monumental moment in strength history. | ||
| Boar | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 09:59 |
 Nothing left in the tank. Member 5, 25592 posts Administrator | the general population don't really know what 500kg really means ....they have no idea about proper deadlifting protocols .... 465? 500 ? whatever .. they want 30 foot long barbells with hummer tyres or dolly birds sat on the bar !!! | ||
| FAT_SAM | | ... | 10-07-2016 @ 10:00 |
 more like 'FAT TROLL' Member 984, 6331 posts SQ 420, BP 260, DL 3351015.0 kgs @ 165kgs UnEq | If an overweight teenage girl that is basically natural save for copious amounts of oestrogen in each muffin top goes to a tested fed and deadlifts 120kg it makes the news. f**k the BBC. | ||