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Would Moira Stuart and Alastair Yates be a good pairing on News 24, if the news channel was to have a presenter reshuffle?
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I'm afraid it would be incredibly unlikely for Moira to appear on BBC News 24. As stupid as it sounds, Moira is not a "trained" journalist (as if 20 years in the business doesn't count!), and so would not be suitable for a news channel. Presenters often only get minutes' notice of interviews and have to be able to think quickly on their feet. I've no doubt that Moira could handle herself on News 24, but it is very unlikely that she will be given the chance. I personally would like to see her back on the Six O'Clock News - she was brilliant during the Virtual Era - and the national bulletins are very polished. The interviews are usually known about before the programme goes on the air. I'm sure Moira could quite easily go back to that.
itsrobert
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couch_potato posted:
Would Moira Stuart and Alastair Yates be a good pairing on News 24, if the news channel was to have a presenter reshuffle?
I'm afraid it would be incredibly unlikely for Moira to appear on BBC News 24. As stupid as it sounds, Moira is not a "trained" journalist (as if 20 years in the business doesn't count!), and so would not be suitable for a news channel. Presenters often only get minutes' notice of interviews and have to be able to think quickly on their feet. I've no doubt that Moira could handle herself on News 24, but it is very unlikely that she will be given the chance. I personally would like to see her back on the Six O'Clock News - she was brilliant during the Virtual Era - and the national bulletins are very polished. The interviews are usually known about before the programme goes on the air. I'm sure Moira could quite easily go back to that.
DI
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couch_potato posted:
Would Moira Stuart and Alastair Yates be a good pairing on News 24, if the news channel was to have a presenter reshuffle?
If there was a presenter reshuffle - I think Maxine Mawhinney would be a better pairing with Alastair Yates
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Just a quick plug for my solution to the News 24 Live & Location DOG problem over on the Mocks Forum!
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NickyS
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A few interesting quotes in an Evening Standard piece tonight on News 24 v Sky ... they've done an interview with new BBC TV News boss Peter Horrocks.
Peter Horrocks appears intent on proving otherwise. “Sky is putting a lot of money into presenters, graphics and whizz-bang, but our challenge will be absolutely on breaking original stories and more (journalistic) firepower. There’s a whole list of recent stories where we’ve been first over Sky (those he cites include George Davis’s departure from Marks & Spencer and Foreign
Office concern over Iran’s role in Iraq). Being first, and being right. You probably saw where Sky was first and wrong last week, when it reported that Harold Pinter had died as opposed to getting the Noble prize.
Ah, but won’t the BBC’s new emphasis on speed risk similar instant misjudgements? “We don’t just bung things on air,” he replies. “A couple of weekends ago, both Sky and the ITV News channel reported that an al Qaeda website said two US marines had been taken hostage. We spoke to our correspondents in the field who gave it no credibility – since when there’s been no substantiated information of American hostages. We made it the right call.”
Nick Pollard, head of Sky News, is not impressed. “Peter Horrocks’s comments demonstrate yet again that, eight years into News 24’s existence, it still has to raise its game to Sky’s level,” he says dismissively. “As Sky News’ share during the London bombings and Hurricane Katrina showed, viewers resolutely turn to Sky for breaking news. As with every aspect of broadcasting, the BBC’s view is that there are only two ways of doing things – the BBC way and the wrong way. Viewers seem to think otherwise.”
Peter Horrocks appears intent on proving otherwise. “Sky is putting a lot of money into presenters, graphics and whizz-bang, but our challenge will be absolutely on breaking original stories and more (journalistic) firepower. There’s a whole list of recent stories where we’ve been first over Sky (those he cites include George Davis’s departure from Marks & Spencer and Foreign
Office concern over Iran’s role in Iraq). Being first, and being right. You probably saw where Sky was first and wrong last week, when it reported that Harold Pinter had died as opposed to getting the Noble prize.
Ah, but won’t the BBC’s new emphasis on speed risk similar instant misjudgements? “We don’t just bung things on air,” he replies. “A couple of weekends ago, both Sky and the ITV News channel reported that an al Qaeda website said two US marines had been taken hostage. We spoke to our correspondents in the field who gave it no credibility – since when there’s been no substantiated information of American hostages. We made it the right call.”
Nick Pollard, head of Sky News, is not impressed. “Peter Horrocks’s comments demonstrate yet again that, eight years into News 24’s existence, it still has to raise its game to Sky’s level,” he says dismissively. “As Sky News’ share during the London bombings and Hurricane Katrina showed, viewers resolutely turn to Sky for breaking news. As with every aspect of broadcasting, the BBC’s view is that there are only two ways of doing things – the BBC way and the wrong way. Viewers seem to think otherwise.”
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Of course on the London bombings, Pollard is taking advantage of the fact that as News 24 was simulcast on BBC ONE for long periods, due to the way ratings are measured on some platforms it gave some News 24 audience share to BBC ONE because they were showing exactly the same broadcast, which the measurement system on those platforms cannot distinguish between.
Otherwise I suspect News 24 could have had the advantage.
NickyS posted:
Nick Pollard, head of Sky News, is not impressed. �Peter Horrocks�s comments demonstrate yet again that, eight years into News 24�s existence, it still has to raise its game to Sky�s level,� he says dismissively. �As Sky News� share during the London bombings and Hurricane Katrina showed, viewers resolutely turn to Sky for breaking news. As with every aspect of broadcasting, the BBC�s view is that there are only two ways of doing things � the BBC way and the wrong way. Viewers seem to think otherwise.�
Of course on the London bombings, Pollard is taking advantage of the fact that as News 24 was simulcast on BBC ONE for long periods, due to the way ratings are measured on some platforms it gave some News 24 audience share to BBC ONE because they were showing exactly the same broadcast, which the measurement system on those platforms cannot distinguish between.
Otherwise I suspect News 24 could have had the advantage.
CA
Of course on the London bombings, Pollard is taking advantage of the fact that as News 24 was simulcast on BBC ONE for long periods, due to the way ratings are measured on some platforms it gave some News 24 audience share to BBC ONE because they were showing exactly the same broadcast, which the measurement system on those platforms cannot distinguish between.
Otherwise I suspect News 24 could have had the advantage.
Their coverage (at least on the 7th) was dreadful, though.
Took them an eternity to work out what was going on - they didn't even bother reporting the story about an explosion near Liverpool Street when the story first broke for about 10-15 minutes - they were very slow with eyewitnesses and pictures, and the whole coverage was pedestrian.
I know they didn't report ''seven'' bombs for an hour or so, but then they didn't report ANY bombs for about four hours because they we're so timid.
intheknow posted:
NickyS posted:
Nick Pollard, head of Sky News, is not impressed. �Peter Horrocks�s comments demonstrate yet again that, eight years into News 24�s existence, it still has to raise its game to Sky�s level,� he says dismissively. �As Sky News� share during the London bombings and Hurricane Katrina showed, viewers resolutely turn to Sky for breaking news. As with every aspect of broadcasting, the BBC�s view is that there are only two ways of doing things � the BBC way and the wrong way. Viewers seem to think otherwise.�
Of course on the London bombings, Pollard is taking advantage of the fact that as News 24 was simulcast on BBC ONE for long periods, due to the way ratings are measured on some platforms it gave some News 24 audience share to BBC ONE because they were showing exactly the same broadcast, which the measurement system on those platforms cannot distinguish between.
Otherwise I suspect News 24 could have had the advantage.
Their coverage (at least on the 7th) was dreadful, though.
Took them an eternity to work out what was going on - they didn't even bother reporting the story about an explosion near Liverpool Street when the story first broke for about 10-15 minutes - they were very slow with eyewitnesses and pictures, and the whole coverage was pedestrian.
I know they didn't report ''seven'' bombs for an hour or so, but then they didn't report ANY bombs for about four hours because they we're so timid.
JO
Being first, and being right. You probably saw where Sky was first and wrong last week, when it reported that Harold Pinter had died as opposed to getting the Noble prize.”
Sky reported that Harold Pinter had died? Live on air?
Sorry - but how can a news organisation like that make such a big mistake? Goodness me...
NickyS posted:
Being first, and being right. You probably saw where Sky was first and wrong last week, when it reported that Harold Pinter had died as opposed to getting the Noble prize.”
Sky reported that Harold Pinter had died? Live on air?
Sorry - but how can a news organisation like that make such a big mistake? Goodness me...
JA
Being first, and being right. You probably saw where Sky was first and wrong last week, when it reported that Harold Pinter had died as opposed to getting the Noble prize.”
Sky reported that Harold Pinter had died? Live on air?
Sorry - but how can a news organisation like that make such a big mistake? Goodness me...
Ginny Buckley was presenting...
johnnybegood posted:
NickyS posted:
Being first, and being right. You probably saw where Sky was first and wrong last week, when it reported that Harold Pinter had died as opposed to getting the Noble prize.”
Sky reported that Harold Pinter had died? Live on air?
Sorry - but how can a news organisation like that make such a big mistake? Goodness me...
Ginny Buckley was presenting...