By and large, I think today's coverage has been excellent all round, but I do wonder whether we're going to see it all again in 7 weeks time.
Did anybody see the Sky News special this evening though? It was called something like "The Blair Years" with Adam Boulton presenting. I thought it looked a bit shoddy and a bit rushed, especially given that we knew this day was coming for a long time, and most broadcasters have been planning their coverage of this for some time now.
ITV's coverage looked much nicer than the BBC's who appeared to be using a strange and jarring blue squares background that looked very ITV but just clashed against their red graphics.
ITV also had Alistair Campbell which made good TV. Sadly had gone out for lunch before Hislop came on.
Sky News's website baffles me. Why do they have an entire section for this girl who is bound to be dead? Very Fox News with their permanent Iran/Iraq/N. Korea sections in the World page.
This Brown launch is a media relations disaster - putting all the camera crews where they can't see Brown's face
I would've thought the bigger PR disaster would be Blair and Brown's people not thinking that having them both giving speeches simultaneously is less than ideal.
Why is there so much thrust for Brown to be leader? It seems like the media are building him up, and waiting for the perfect time to know [sic] him down.
You answered your own question, bearing in mind his bound to be leader anyway.
Oh yea i did I am a Labour supporter, but i'm getting sick of hearing Brown this Brown this, Brown for next PM - he could turn out to be absolutly crap, i mean he seems the sort that would just fall asleep during a meeting.
I think Brown is seen as a safe pair of hands more than anything, but the truth is the only other contenders are likely to be people we've never heard of, so of course the media will give more coverage to Brown as we all know about him.
Personally I think John Reed would be the better choice - though I'd quite like to see John Prescott get the top job just for comedy value!
I am a Labour supporter, but i'm getting sick of hearing Brown this Brown this, Brown for next PM - he could turn out to be absolutly crap, i mean he seems the sort that would just fall asleep during a meeting.