Media Reporting

RobinHill

Anyone else annoyed by the media reporting today's government announcement on private parking companies. BBC News discusses "fines" and Penalty Charge Notices, even the video is showing Penalty Charge Notices and local authority parking wardens. The BBC news website article the same with the title photo showing a Penalty Charge Notice and citing "the dread of finding a Penalty Charge Notice on your windscreen. At least the online article has since been corrected but this evening's BBC 6pm news was still showing incorrect footage. No wonder the public get confused.

RobinHill

I only saw the BBC articles but I am aware of the general mis-reporting and confusion. The backdrop of showing actual Penalty Charge Notices and local authority parking wardens on an program about private parking charges on the BBC's prime slot news programs is shockingly poor journalism.

Gr1pr

Its been discussed extensively on here today in the Parking News thread on here, and in the main Code of Practice thread too

James_Poisson

The BBC were tackled once before on calling a private parking PCN a "fine", their typical we know best reply was that it was purposely used as that's the way the general public think of these charges. You couldn't make it up……though it's the BBC so maybe they can. 😆