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andycwb:
A child on the road.  Under age.  Unlicensed.  Killed by a (suspected) drunk driver.   So why mention the fact they were driving a Range Rover 4 times!!!!

I'm trying to draw attention to biased articles like this and will be complaining to the BBC.  

BBC Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7161165.stm

My link:
http://www.cunningham.me.uk/wordpress/2007/12/27/more-anti-4x4-bias-from-the-bbc/

If you think this is worth drawing attention to (and I hope most of you do!) then your help is appreciated.  If you have a blog, please link to my article to improve my authority ranking on Google and Technorati.  If not, please promote on Digg.

http://digg.com/television/Child_quad_rider_killed_by_drunk_BBC_rants_about_4x4

Thanks

Andy

sleeplessparadise:
I could be wrong, but the police were appealing for witnesses so maybe that is why it was mentioned that the lady was driving a red range rover..... and I believe it has been said now that her breatherliser was negative and was just taken as a standard course of action after any RTA :?

DEANO3528:
I picked up on the same undertones. However when listening to Browns Broadcasting Co. news this evening they clearly said 'car', unlike Anglia tv who at dinnertime mentioned Range Rover at least 4 many times.

Lee_D:
I often have to do press releases and we tend to always include the car and colour along with age and sex of driver as well as if they were local.

These are the bits that the press always call back to clarify so I think in fairness it's not purely a rant about 4x4's but that we are particularly sensitive to it. Worth paying attention perhaphs to other RTC's that get reported upon to strike a balance.

It's a bit like when you have a new car. Before having it you never noticed them. As soon as you have one it seems every other driver has the same car / colour / make as you.

If they just said a Red Lorry collided with a Yellow Lorry and the Red Lorry was badly damaged but the Yarra worry was less damaged than the Led Rorry then we would all be well confused at the end of the bulliten.

Range Rover Blues:
Actually it appears that there were 2 Range Rovers involved, one that the girl was following and the one that hit here.

But for crying out loud, she was 7 years old and driving a motorised vehicle on the public highway.

Her parents should be locked up for this, it's extremely stupid if not criminal.

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