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A tale of two news channels

Six members of the 'tapas seven' outside the Royal Courts of Justice
Six members of the 'tapas seven' outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Photograph: Julian Makey/Rex Features

How does 24-hour news actually work? At 10.20am today Sky News and BBC News Channel both broadcast live from the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Yet while Sky News showed six members of the "tapas seven" arriving at court to hear Express Newspapers apologise for its inaccurate stories about the group, BBC News Channel had a lone reporter doing a two-way with a presenter. They couldn't both have been live, surely. So was someone telling porkies? Or was the hapless BBC hack just at the wrong high court entrance?

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