Comments on: Crufts 2010 Broadcast Coverage Under Scrutiny Over Impartiality Claims

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:02:24 +0000

Personally I think that Crufts is more than a beauty pageant. I haven’t the faintest interest in showing but watch (and sometimes visit) to see & learn about agility, flyball, obedience, HTM, stories where dogs turn lives round… Learning about the different breeds, such as from the commentary when dogs are being judged is important as hopefully this will mean that some potential owners realise their life doesn’t suit their favourite breed.
I do wish that people would stop making politics out of what is a celebration of dogs – in a world which seems to be coming increasingly anti-canine. Of course animal welfare is crucial, there are breeds of dogs that I currently would never have because of ‘mistakes’ made from interbreeding but kindly give me the chance to make up my own mind. I don’t need signs pointing to ‘good’ or ‘bad’ to make my own judgement.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:31:08 +0000

We haven’t seen ‘good dog, bad gog’ yet…. But the crufts coverage is not a documentary, it is coverage of an event, do we need critical coverage? When a sports channel covers a boxing match, do they talk about the rights and wrongs, or a tv show about fashion, do they start talking about anorexia??

By: Barrie James

Barrie James — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:15:16 +0000

How can Phillipa and Jemima complain about More 4 when the BBC programme was deliberatly produced to give a one sided view (their view)of Crufts and of the Kennel Club. If Jemima had given both sides in the augument fair coverage in her programme then perhaps she would have more of a legitimate complaint instead of whinging.

By: Fran

Fran — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:26:24 +0000

Thanks for posting this article. Very interesting!