Comments on: How a musician and a Sikh TV channel dominated coverage of the Birmingham riots

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Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:48:14 +0000

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By: UK riots: Sikh TV channel’s coverage hailed – Economic Times

UK riots: Sikh TV channel’s coverage hailed – Economic Times — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:30:24 +0000

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By: Birmingham riots: how Sangat TV is scooping the big networks – The Guardian

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:28:56 +0000

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By: Tali

Tali — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:15:22 +0000

I also grew up in birmingham, but have since moved further north. I found Casey Rain’s tumblr site when it had only a couple of posts. His blog enabled me to check out the situation in Bham, something I am very grateful for, so that I could ensure my friends and family were safe. I probably refreshed his site every 5 minutes over the last 48 hours! Thanks to the blog’s author to filter fiction from fact, and for keeping us updated on the state of our beloved city!

By: H

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:39:10 +0000

Could not agree more with this article, both Casey and Sangat TV have done a brilliant job during so much uncertainty and rumour, particularly as the Birmingham riots have received disappointingly disproportionate coverage on the main news channel. Well done to you all, People in Birmingham and the surrounding areas are very grateful!

By: LJ

LJ — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:36:45 +0000

Casey Rain did a fantastic job of keeping everybody informed and updated. I’m from Birmingham but now live in Wales and I was concerned about friends and family still living there. His Tumblr page was always correct or advised people to wait until confirmation had happened of certain events. He was much more on the ball than the bbc or any other news provider.
He should be commended for his dedication to his community and the number of hours he put in to report on the horrors of the last few days.
Well done Casey! And thank you x

By: Sérgio Santos

Sérgio Santos — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:34:04 +0000

The folks from the Redbrick paper also did a good job: http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2011/08/live-birmingham-riots-2011/

By: Deborah Wilson

Deborah Wilson — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:42:38 +0000

The American concept of civic journalism extended and applied to community television – and a breath of fresh air!
One BBC manager suggested to me that the reason their Manchester/Salford pictures were poor was because a cameraman had been assaulted – Was he suggesting there was only one camera operator? Or was he suggesting that the BBC had too few people on the ground who’d been adequately trained in such situations? Greenslade has written today regarding what is essentially a common sense approach to covering this kind of situation: http://tinyurl.com/3sb6yo4
It may well be that, for H&S reasons, the BBC had to pull untrained teams from the scene, leaving coverage very thin for a while – Sangat TV were not similarly restrained and with their own style and local knowledge served those who were more interested in what was happening in that community.

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