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The Blair Succession

Discussion of TV news presentation (May 2007)

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RO
rob Founding member
Des Cartes posted:
Generic UTV Ident with a female announcer (?!) into the ITV News Special. Alastair Stewart is adamant that we arent to switch channels!


Anyone with a video of the opening?? Not near a TV at the moment.
JA
Jamesypoo
Flicking through and found Fox News presenters puzzled why "things can only get better" was playing in the background Shocked

And notice how the ITV Breaking News strap hasn't been updated to the new dark blue and yellow look
DC
Des Cartes
Five have gone to Home and Away just as the speech begins!
MA
mark Founding member
Des Cartes posted:
Five have gone to Home and Away just as the speech begins!

Classy.
NE
Newsroom
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww..

The Blair speech writers got it spot on, and as ever, delivered by a man who knows how to work it. One of the greatest communicators on earth.
IS
Inspector Sands
Newsroom posted:
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww..

The Blair speech writers got it spot on, and as ever, delivered by a man who knows how to work it. One of the greatest communicators on earth.


True, Blair does give good speech
MA
mark Founding member
Ian Hislop on ITV just now didn't seem particularly impressed by it!
WI
william Founding member
mark posted:
Ian Hislop on ITV just now didn't seem particularly impressed by it!


Nice to end with Hislop wasn't it - he's be on a lot lately. Apparently that Private Eye office is *tiny*...

I think the coverage has largely been determined by the calibre of the guests - David Blunkett - regardless of what you think of him - has added hugely to what would otherwise have been deeply dull on Sky, Alistair Campbell - regardless of what you think of him - was good on ITN, and I also enjoyed some of the packages such as that one from Evan Davies.
SC
SCBNI
Des Cartes posted:
Generic UTV Ident with a female announcer (?!) into the ITV News Special. Alastair Stewart is adamant that we arent to switch channels!


The female announcer in question was UTV Live presenter Alison Fleming.
AN
Ant
Prescott's announced he's stepping down too (which isn't too much of a surprise but worth a mention).
JA
Jamesypoo
And the BBC homepage has gone crazy with it...

Clicky
TR
TROGGLES
All rather apt to end on Sound bites and spin - Next to be seen either as some sort of UN ambassador or standing charged in the Hague.

Why don't the news channels give a voice to the protestors?

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