morning from pendle ski club in lancashire, where we've been up all night cheering on the local hero,ave ryding, who started on the dry slopes here, and as you can tell they are so proud, he came in the top ten in ninth, so well done to dave. clarke goes fourth! yarnold wins gold again! laura deas has won bronze as well! the bbc‘s commentary team seen celebrating lizzy yarnold's skeleton gold, about which more very shortly. but it was the extent of the coverage on bbc news that exercised a number of viewers, like tim elliott. and clive wilce had this to say. for others, it was not the quantity of the coverage but its focus on british competitors which rankled. brian bollen tweeted about the bbc‘s chauvinistic coverage of the winter olympics. richard brown thought... and alan dawson agreed. well, let's discuss those issues with stephen mawhinney, the bbc‘s head of sportsjournalism. he joins us from salford. thank you for coming on newswatch. we know that some audiences don't care about sport, but was there too much on bbc news, particularly on breakfast? well, samira, perhaps you won't

mike, back to you in pendle on the ski slopes. well. how will he feel? he will be ecstatic, top—10 inulin pics is phenomenal, not a medal like he wanted but top—10 is amazing. phenomenal, not a medal like he wanted but top-10 is amazing. put it into context, he started on the brushes, compare the two countries with mountains in the backyard —— top—10 in the olympics. someone said he can‘t do this, he‘s english! top—10 in the olympics. someone said he can't do this, he's english! it's phenomenal, for someone to come from a dry ski slope about 100 and is long to compete on the world circuit and gain medals on the world circuit, you can't even begin to think about it. its phenomenal. what will be the legacy? we see the youngsters going down behind you, they are inspired by him, i‘m inspired to give it a go, what will be the legacy? he's an excellent role model for the youngsters. he's really going to bring on the sports. you can see it coming through now, there's 300 people racing at being race championships last week. that's from un

morning from pendle ski club in lancashire where we have been up all night cheering on the local hero who started on the dry slopes here, and as you can tell they are so proud he came in the top ten in ninth, so well done to dave. clarke goes fourth! yarnold wins gold again! laura deas has won bronze as well! the bbc‘s commentary team seen celebrating lizzy yarnold's skeleton gold, about which more very shortly. but it was the extent of the coverage on bbc news that exercised a number of viewers like tim elliott. "why is the bbc so interested in the winter olympics? it is getting an inordinate amount of coverage following the fortunes of privileged people taking part in sports that have not been heard of in the uk." clive wilce had this to say. "i have enjoyed the winter olympics but i cannot believe the amount of coverage that has been given to elise christie's speed skating races. i lost count of the number of times i heard the story of her disqualification, over and over again." for others, it was not the quantity of the coverage but its focus on british competitors which rankled.

dave the rocket ryding learned to ski on a dry slope in pendle.e top ten of the men's slalom — britain's best alpine skiing result for 30 years. some of his fans were watching back at his old ski club. dave "the rocket" ryding. it's amazing, i have never seen anyone from britain doing that. it's amazing, i have never seen anyone from britain doing thatm is very motivating to know you can move from the dry slope to the snow and i know a lot of people want to following in his footsteps. from a dry ski slope in lancashire to the real stuff in south korea, dave ryding has followed an unconventional path, but now finds himself battling against the world's best. it's exciting to be in a medal position at the olympics. dave ryding skiing for a medal position at the olympics. even dave ryding was left disappointed with his performance, saying he could have done more.” thought the second run really suited me, ijust made a couple of mistakes which cost me. i know i could have had a bit more in me by the same time, it is the olympics and eve ryo ne time, it

morning from pendle ski club in lancashire where we have been up all night cheering on the local heroins gold again! laura deas has won bronze as well! the bbc‘s commentary team seen celebrating lizzy yarnold's skeleton gold, about which more very shortly. but it was the extent of the coverage on bbc news that exercised a number of viewers like tim elliott. "why is the bbc so interested in the winter olympics? of privileged people taking part in sports that have not been heard of in the uk." clive wilce had this to say. "i have enjoyed the winter olympics of coverage that has been given to elise christie's speed skating races. i lost count of the number of times i heard the story of her disqualification, over and over again." for others, it was not the quantity of the coverage but its focus on british competitors which rankled. coverage of the winter olympics. "i've heard at least one reporter refer to gb as we. in the falklands war the bbc referred to the british." - h- , .a the winter olympics is pretty poor. they are far more interested in the british athletes rather than the world

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