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UK Prime Minister | TV News Coverage

Rich Tea posted:
Adam Boulton talking a bit of tripe on Sky News right now. Moaning about the lack of news on the PM and actually said - "it has now ended in this rather unfortunate disaster". What kind of thing was that to say?


I think he meant politically-speaking, and how this situation has been handled throughout this afternoon.
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Alastair Stewart to leave ITV News.

Newsroom posted:
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RDJ posted:
Here's Alastair on This Morning in 1998 with a fresh faced Philip Schofield. Alastair's comments about not drinking at all when driving after his first drink driving conviction are very ironic, considering six years later he'd end up being convicted for drink driving a second time.


... the second time whilst presenting "Police, Camera, Action". The irony continues!


Oh do exit right you bunch of people wanting to put the boot in to a man whose service to television journalism is hard to match.

Take your tabloid cr@p to a different forum.


Erm, well thanks for that ill informed little intervention there.

The point that RDJ was making is correct, and I followed it up with a further example. If you think making those points is "putting the boot in", then you're really rather naive.

Here's a quote from an article I wrote the on the subject last week;

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"One thing is for sure, ITV News is worse off for no longer having Alistair Stewart at the helm of its bulletins. A top class newscaster with very few who can rival his on air enthusiasm and ability, coupled with his passion for the job."
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Alastair Stewart to leave ITV News.

RDJ posted:
Here's Alastair on This Morning in 1998 with a fresh faced Philip Schofield. Alastair's comments about not drinking at all when driving after his first drink driving conviction are very ironic, considering six years later he'd end up being convicted for drink driving a second time.


... the second time whilst presenting "Police, Camera, Action". The irony continues!
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Brexit Day/Night coverage

plymouthbloke1974 posted:
I watched the BBC News Channel live at 23:00 on Brexit night, but recorded the other channels to see how they did the presentation. To be honest, Sky News won it for me - the images projected over the Dover cliffs was quite something. And subtly put to music as well without commentary.

Channel 4 was just bizarre. But that’s just Channel 4 being Channel 4 Laughing



I'd be interested to know what the piece of music is that Sky News used. I'm assuming it was either an in-house jobby or Library Music?? I've not heard it before, that's for sure.
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BBC NEWS CUTS

London Lite posted:
Why are people suggesting closing B when the World News output that comes from there goes towards bringing in revenue to the BBC?


Precisely on point there. If anything, I'd expect to see more BBC World News output appearing on the BBC News Channel, and cuts taking place domestically.
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The Sky News Thread

mapperuo posted:
That really was a fantastic moment, Only improvement would have been playing the music bed via the gallery rather than the Dover OB which was breaking up a bit.


I'd hazard a guess that it was done that way to keep the synchronisation with the video sequence... I'd hate to have had to sync the audio playing from the mixer to the incoming feed at Sky Centre on fly, in real-time!!!
mapperuo and Rkolsen gave kudos
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Brexit Day/Night coverage

Whataday posted:
Did anyone else feel a little uncomfortable about the Sky News 'goodbyes' in the various different languages with accompanying flags? It kinda goes against the whole "we're not saying goodbye to Europe, just the EU". thing. I was half expecting the UK to uproot and fly off into space at the end.


Not really, it was only the flags of EU member-states, not all European countries, and similarly, hours earlier, the EU was lowering the Union Jack across Brussels openly infront of the camera's.

I actually think that the way Sky News marked Brexit was very poignant. It wasn't celebratory in my view, and wasn't focused on Parliament Square, which could have been seen as "grandstanding" brexit, it was very matter of fact, and quite literally a goodbye to those that only hours ago we were in a club with.
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The Sky News Thread

JamesWorldNews posted:
Ah yes. Lorna Dunkley or Anna Jones......or Juliette Foster. Vivien Creegor. Anna Botting. Ginny Buckley. Paula Middlehurst. Lisa Aziz..........


Lisa Aziz, who has recently been re-united with Mark Longhurst on the new LBC News channel on the radio... been very good value too. (sorry for going a tad off topic there).
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The Sky News Thread

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No because this happened BEFORE bories went to see the queen, so it's Not offical until that happens.


That's not correct, it was officially when the current parliament expired at midnight last night.
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The Sky News Thread

sjhoward posted:
globaltraffic24 posted:
While it clearly is a bit of a stunt, it's well within the show's right - and our right as voters - to be told when a politician refuses to do interviews with broadcasters who may challenge them. We're in an election.


By the same token, do we have a right to know when outlets like Sky News waste the taxpayer-funded time of politicians and Civil Servants by lining them up for an interview and dropping them at the last minute? Because I'd gently suggest that it's probably the more frequent of the two phenomena.


I liken it to being more a case of Burley throwing her rattle out of the pram because she was snubbed by Cleverly in favour of GMB and BBC Breakfast.

It was definitely a snub by Cleverly without doubt. If he wanted to, he could have found time to do 5 mins on the show considering he was in Millbank.

Burley's reaction could well be in breach of Ofcom guidelines covering election campaign periods (today is officially day one of purdah rules being in play).
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The Sky News Thread

BFGArmy posted:
London Lite posted:

Bar Sportsline at the weekend, bulletins are usually short and those which do crossover are newsworthy.


I'd argue too that the Sportsline weekend bulletins offer better content than the Pledge or FYI repeats you normally get on weekends.


There is a concern with Sky News, that particularly at weekends of late, it is starting to lean towards pre-rec material like those outlined above.

Sportsline updates are good, I've got no issue with them, especially on a Saturday. It is worrying though that Sky News is more and more adopting the "CNNI-Style" recorded back-half-hour or indeed, where the Pledge is concerned, taking a full hour out of the schedule with no news updates.

On the subject of the Sky News No Brexit channel - with it expected to all come to a head this weekend - it will allow for the main Sky News to concentrate on blanket coverage of the biggest political conundrum in more than a generation, whilst having another outlet for those who want a quick update on "the day's other stories".

CNN started doing something similar to this in the 90's with firstly CNN2 - which then became Headline News, with a 15 minute rotation of news, sport and weather, every fifteen minutes.
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Sky News | General Discussion

dvboy posted:
How long has Ashley Blake worked as a reporter for Sky News?


That was exactly what I was thinking. He's been off the telly for a considerable period after being sacked by the BBC in not the greatest of light.

Mind you, I suppose 10 years is quite the absence, and everybody deserves a second chance.

I'm guessing he's freelancing, and fair play to him getting the gig.