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Ellie Abraham
Sep 14, 2022
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Following the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II’s death on 8 September, the nation has been in a period of national mourning.
Over this period ahead of the state funeral on 19 September, broadcasters including the BBC has been focusing large swathes of its coverage on the Queen, and the lead-up to her funeral.
The amount of time dedicated to it has divided people, with some now referring to BBC News coverage as “Mourn Hub” – a pun on the well-known adult website Porn Hub.
Mourn Hub is now trending on Twitter, with some feeling as though it summarises the incessant and over-the-top coverage viewers have been subjected to.
Some pointed to examples such as a helicopter following and filming the hearse carrying the Queen’s coffin from Edinburgh to London.
One Twitter user summed it up, saying in a clip: “At this point, the broadcasters have lost their minds. Safe to say the Queen lived her life with a reasonable amount of dignity, yet they’re all tracking her coffin like she’s a f**king Deliveroo order.
“It’s a cross between North Korean state propaganda and mourn porn. At this point, I think the BBC should change their name to Mourn Hub.”
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\u201cWe have descended in to the deep mourn state, no paper allowed in public, only heavy weeping, or Porkmarkets will have you kneecapped. \n\nI\u2019ll be going into more detail on the protests and Tory madness in coming days but for now, there\u2019s this\u2026\n\nI\u2019ll avoid tunnels for a few days.\u201d— Supertanskiii (@Supertanskiii) 1663094015
Other people thoroughly agreed and were tickled by the suggested name change.
One person described the clip, writing: “As perfect a summary of the past few days as you will find.”
\u201cAs perfect a summary of the past few days as you will find.\u201d— James Utterson (@James Utterson) 1663160039
“Hearing someone describing BBC News coverage as Mourn Hub has made my day,” one person wrote.
\u201cHearing someone describing BBC News coverage as Mourn Hub has made my day.\u201d— chrisbates (@chrisbates) 1663145232
Another said: “Mourn Hub. Exactly right. Mourn porn. That's it.”
\u201cMourn Hub. Exactly right. Mourn porn. That's it.\u201d— Dame Judith loves the NHS \ud83d\udc99 (@Dame Judith loves the NHS \ud83d\udc99) 1663164014
Someone else joked: “New @BBCNews logo just dropped.”
\u201cNew @BBCNews logo just dropped\n\n #MournHub\u201d— Jack Badgers4Lynch (@Jack Badgers4Lynch) 1663151256
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