26 JULY 1935, Page 18

B.B.C. NEWS

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SLR,—With reference to Mr. Fleet's admirably lucid exposition of the causes of opposition to the method of the B.B.C. news bulletins, I would like to make an addition to his 4th point. He asks for an " unadorned news bulletin:" He says then :. " comment and talks should be barred from the news." Excellent : but even if they are the bulletin can be " adorned " by the tone of the announcer. There is much too great a tendency for announcers to wax romantic. The Quetta earthquake was a good example, the jubilee naval review even better. In talking of this review the announcer's voice was fairly trembling .with a romantic .fervour that seemed to me out of place in what should be a dispassionate account.