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(April 2008)

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SomeRandomStuff

Still they are not as dynamic as the Paper Review on SkyNews, which comes as sort of a disappointment.


If dynamic means "with two reviewers and an iPad", I'll pass.


Haha, yes well... I'm not sure I mean dynamic if that's your definition... Sky News's paper reviews always seem a lot more lively and they do have a proper discussion about the stories on every edition, wheras the BBC's paper reviews seem half baked and are inconsistent depending on who is the presenter and whether they have a good rapport with their guest.

I do agree that an iPad or for that matter two reviewers are not necessary, but the way Sky do it just seems more "fun" and "inciteful" than the way the stuffy BBC Nyooz Chanul do it.

I'm not biased towards Sky, I think a lot of what they do is over the top and shouty, but their paper review is just right.


I do hope you mean "insightful" and are not insinuating Sky News incite anything.

If I'm flicking past and I see the paper review is on, I sometimes give it a watch. It does go on for longer (I think) so it can be more in-depth. I generally prefer the more experienced (i.e. older) guests that the News Channel tend to have. Chris Eakin does seem to be better, but he always seems to know every guest that's on - probably because he's been doing it for quite a while now.


I can always rely on you to spot my spelling mistakes Laughing

I think perhaps with regard to the BBC they would do better to make their paper reviews longer when Chris Eakin is doing them, and don't bother doing a paper review at all the rest of the time.
BA
bilky asko

Still they are not as dynamic as the Paper Review on SkyNews, which comes as sort of a disappointment.


If dynamic means "with two reviewers and an iPad", I'll pass.


Haha, yes well... I'm not sure I mean dynamic if that's your definition... Sky News's paper reviews always seem a lot more lively and they do have a proper discussion about the stories on every edition, wheras the BBC's paper reviews seem half baked and are inconsistent depending on who is the presenter and whether they have a good rapport with their guest.

I do agree that an iPad or for that matter two reviewers are not necessary, but the way Sky do it just seems more "fun" and "inciteful" than the way the stuffy BBC Nyooz Chanul do it.

I'm not biased towards Sky, I think a lot of what they do is over the top and shouty, but their paper review is just right.


I do hope you mean "insightful" and are not insinuating Sky News incite anything.

If I'm flicking past and I see the paper review is on, I sometimes give it a watch. It does go on for longer (I think) so it can be more in-depth. I generally prefer the more experienced (i.e. older) guests that the News Channel tend to have. Chris Eakin does seem to be better, but he always seems to know every guest that's on - probably because he's been doing it for quite a while now.


I can always rely on you to spot my spelling mistakes Laughing

I think perhaps with regard to the BBC they would do better to make their paper reviews longer when Chris Eakin is doing them, and don't bother doing a paper review at all the rest of the time.


A good compromise - whether others would agree is another matter...
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Stitch08

Still they are not as dynamic as the Paper Review on SkyNews, which comes as sort of a disappointment.


If dynamic means "with two reviewers and an iPad", I'll pass.


Haha, yes well... I'm not sure I mean dynamic if that's your definition... Sky News's paper reviews always seem a lot more lively and they do have a proper discussion about the stories on every edition, wheras the BBC's paper reviews seem half baked and are inconsistent depending on who is the presenter and whether they have a good rapport with their guest.

I do agree that an iPad or for that matter two reviewers are not necessary, but the way Sky do it just seems more "fun" and "inciteful" than the way the stuffy BBC Nyooz Chanul do it.

I'm not biased towards Sky, I think a lot of what they do is over the top and shouty, but their paper review is just right.


I do hope you mean "insightful" and are not insinuating Sky News incite anything.

If I'm flicking past and I see the paper review is on, I sometimes give it a watch. It does go on for longer (I think) so it can be more in-depth. I generally prefer the more experienced (i.e. older) guests that the News Channel tend to have. Chris Eakin does seem to be better, but he always seems to know every guest that's on - probably because he's been doing it for quite a while now.


I can always rely on you to spot my spelling mistakes Laughing

I think perhaps with regard to the BBC they would do better to make their paper reviews longer when Chris Eakin is doing them, and don't bother doing a paper review at all the rest of the time.


A good compromise - whether others would agree is another matter...


I certainly wouldn't - making it longer would be good, but scrapping it when Chris is off hardly makes sense. If you think a paper review is a useful feature then it should run at that time every day. Also if people tune in to see it I don't think they'd be particularly pleased to find it missing on random weeks/days just because Chris was on holiday.
JA
Jaxford
Maxine Mawhinney presenting during the week. We haven't seen this for a very long time. She hasn't presented on a weekday all year.
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DrewF
Maxine Mawhinney presenting during the week. We haven't seen this for a very long time. She hasn't presented on a weekday all year.


She has, she did a Friday with Tim Willcox not long before Carrie came back, iirc.
JA
Jaxford
DrewF posted:
Maxine Mawhinney presenting during the week. We haven't seen this for a very long time. She hasn't presented on a weekday all year.


She has, she did a Friday with Tim Willcox not long before Carrie came back, iirc.


So she did, back on the 11th of May. Well it is still rare for her to present on a weekday.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Big Komla on GMT today. First time, I think. Tim must be on holiday.

Big Komla is exceedingly dapper.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Kasia Madera on the News Channel.
JA
Jaxford
Kasia Madera on the News Channel.


A rare surprise but a delight to see her. I wish she appeared more in the day time. She's a real breath of fresh air. Very Happy
JW
JamesWorldNews
Tim Muffett? Who he?
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chris_rgu
Tim Muffett? Who he?


He's a reporter - mainly for breakfast. Here's his profile: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5tb/team/tim-muffett

Not really enjoying him on breakfast this morning...
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Jaxford
Tim Muffett? Who he?


He's a reporter for BBC Breakfast. He did a bit of overnight presenting a few years back.

I think he better stick to his reporting at the moment. He not very good, but it was nice to see what he would be like on the sofa.

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