I was always a BBC local news viewer. That was until recently. The local news went downhill with the closure of the Oxford studio and the sport content descended rapidly at the same time. If it wasn't to do with Portsmouth or Southampton, then it just didn't get a look in. Having switched to watching Meridian news and despite the very odd presenters (and that's being nice!) the content was very refreshing. Far more local news, relevant to the area and a reasonable coverage of local sport.
For Meridian to have made such a cock up and just repeated the nonsense from the Fail is unforgiveable. Surely they have some editorial ethics? Surely they check a story before running it on air? Somebody, it has to be said, has dropped a really big bollock and should be grovelling with apologies to all.