Media portray Leeds Bradford airport unfairly.

[quik123]

I don't think anything was pinched. Same article, by the same reporter, published in multiple publications all owned by Newsquest. It's a common occurrence.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I don't think anything was pinched. Same article, by the same reporter, published in multiple publications all owned by Newsquest. It's a common occurrence.

I dont care how many times its published, it a wholly positive article and can only be good.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Mainly positive.

BBC News - Under the flightpath: Life next to Leeds Bradford airport - BBC News

Under the flightpath: Life next to Leeds Bradford airport

What is it like living next to the runway or under the flightpaths at Leeds Bradford Airport?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[White Heather]

Mainly positive.

BBC News - Under the flightpath: Life next to Leeds Bradford airport - BBC News

Under the flightpath: Life next to Leeds Bradford airport

What is it like living next to the runway or under the flightpaths at Leeds Bradford Airport?

www.bbc.co.uk

Well, it's not written by the BBC business correspondent it? So perhaps the writer didn't have an agenda.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

It reflects the reality of the situation. I would say its one of the best articles on the airport thats ever been written in recent times.

 

[Aviador]

Well, it's not written by the BBC business correspondent it? So perhaps the writer didn't have an agenda.

He was fairly positive about the airport in his last report. He can be quoted for saying "what I like about this development is you're going to be able to see the planes". He was referring to the view from the new departure level in the terminal extension.

 

[White Heather]

He was fairly positive about the airport in his last report. He can be quoted for saying "what I like about this development is you're going to be able to see the planes". He was referring to the view from the new departure level in the terminal extension.

He will need to do more for me to forget all his past negativity.

 

[Sputnik1]

Was only a matter of time before "the group that shall not be named" got their airtime, Leeds Live.

 

[White Heather]

Was only a matter of time before "the group that shall not be named" got their airtime, Leeds Live.
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Good on Vince Hodder for calling them out. He told the ACC 2 years back he had invited them to meet but they then tried imposing various demands before doing so, which Vince quite rightly refused. Personally, I wouldnt give any of them the time of day and they can shove their teddy bears where the sun don't shine.

Typical of Leeds Live to give them the space to air their grievances, although they come across as pathetic, selfish, backward thinking NIMBYs.

 

[Len Fish]

He can be rightly proud of what he has achieved at LBA, securing investment after years of stagnation culminating in the opening of the new terminal extension with even more to come.

 

[The Pole]

I wonder how many of these clowns actually fly?

 

[White Heather]

I wonder how many of these clowns actually fly?

They should be banned from flying along with their teddy bears.

 

[ChrisBBB]

Good on Vince Hodder for calling them out. He told the ACC 2 years back he had invited them to meet but they then tried imposing various demands before doing so, which Vince quite rightly refused. Personally, I wouldnt give any of them the time of day and they can shove their teddy bears where the sun don't shine.

Typical of Leeds Live to give them the space to air their grievances, although they come across as pathetic, selfish, backward thinking NIMBYs.

The comments are quite unanimously in favour of the airports which is good to see

 

[White Heather]

The comments are quite unanimously in favour of the airports which is good to see

Good. I feel sure the initial burst of negativity stemmed from those who oppose the airport down the A1 and those in the group that shall not be mentioned here. The Airport Support Group has proved in the past that the support vastly outweighs the opposition, but the problem is that the majority tend to get on with their lives and say little. Its a shame the noisy minority can't do the same.

 

[ChrisBBB]

Good. I feel sure the initial burst of negativity stemmed from those who oppose the airport down the A1 and those in the group that shall not be mentioned here. The Airport Support Group has proved in the past that the support vastly outweighs the opposition, but the problem is that the majority tend to get on with their lives and say little. Its a shame the noisy minority can't do the same.

Unfortunately in all walks of life the negative few tend to speak loudest. In work meetings, football supporters and developments there might be overwhelming support but that one voice can always be the loudest and most noticed

 

[Bantamzen]

Was only a matter of time before "the group that shall not be named" got their airtime, Leeds Live.
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Leeds Live and all it's different iterations from around the country are an odd mis-mash of half-arsed reporting, so much copy and pasting that their reporter's keyboards will have the writing on Crtl, V & C keys worn out, and very misleading headlines. Alongside this story, and a couple on the opening of the extension & how well it's been received are headlines like "Brits heading to Spain issued warning amid new £164 nightly charge". In fact in just a couple of days there are several "Brits issued warning about <enter travel destination>" type stories.

Turns out this "nightly charge" simply refers to the average price per night staying in Spanish resorts, although it doesn't attempt to qualify what data they actually used. So it's not really a surprise to see them hunting down the Unspeakables to try and spin a story out of it. Quite frankly if our only news source, and I use the term news very lightly here, was Leeds Live, none of us would ever leave the house again after reading about warning after warning that they issue about absolutely ever facet of life. One has to take so much salt with Leeds Live articles, that it could cause serious blood pressure issues!

 

[LBA4EVER]

Got me thinking, we on here could team up and publish our own LBA mag on behalf of the airport, great advertising and all positive news! Finger66 could have his own LBA jokes section within the mag,
Probably need to be more online based though now.

 

[Len Fish]

A certain person would be complaining the articles in the mag were too short and should be extended!

 

[LBA4EVER]

A certain person would be complaining the articles in the mag were too short and should be extended!

Extended by 600metres (sorry words!!)

 

[dmrodgers]

Extended by 600metres (sorry words!!)

600 (metres) would be nice but 300 (metres) would be OK for now.