I'm not a regular viewer of the 6'O Clock News - is it always this patronising?
I think it went seriously downhill from last October!
October? which year?!
2005.
October seems pretty random..the new look is just a mish mash of Sky News and ITV News. I am saddened that the rippons and swirls were not ditched.
The reason for October is pretty obvious really (and it's nothing to do with the look - or maybe it is!)
When Natasha Kaplinsky joined. And there's no use trying to pretent the intellectual highbrow has sunk since then, it's been going downhill for a long time and as so aptly put not so long ago "where's the news?"
I'm not a regular viewer of the 6'O Clock News - is it always this patronising?
I think it went seriously downhill from last October!
October? which year?!
2005.
October seems pretty random..the new look is just a mish mash of Sky News and ITV News. I am saddened that the rippons and swirls were not ditched.
The reason for October is pretty obvious really (and it's nothing to do with the look - or maybe it is!)
When Natasha Kaplinsky joined. And there's no use trying to pretent the intellectual highbrow has sunk since then, it's been going downhill for a long time and as so aptly put not so long ago "where's the news?"
Sorry, I was being flippant, just intended to be a little joke, nothing more. I don't seriously think she has 'sunk the intellectual highbrow' - I just find her constant preening, grinning and simpering annoying.
:-(
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Anne MacKenzie Fan posted:
I am saddened that the rippons and swirls were not ditched.
Angela Rippon left the BBC some years ago and was last seen on the ITV News Channel.
Sorry, I was being flippant, just intended to be a little joke, nothing more. I don't seriously think she has 'sunk the intellectual highbrow' - I just find her constant preening, grinning and simpering annoying.
I find George more patronising, with his slow pronunciation of "B - B - C - 1" and his plastered-on smile. I know he means well but it annoys me...
I'm sorry but I just don't buy this problem with presenters standing up.
Anyone who knows anything about presenting information will know that the more varieties of methods you use to present, the more information will sink in.
I do a few training courses and I know that if I sat at the front behind a desk and talked for 30 minutes people would soon drift off. So I stand up sometimes, other times sit down, often get everyone to turn their chairs round and talk from the back of the room, sometimes get everyone to follow me outside and sit on the grass and talk to them there. I used Powerpoint when it's needed, then I'll stop and instead use a flip chart, sometimes I'll even bring out an OHP because it's different!
Some may call these gimmicks, but I know that if I was on a course I'd prefer this to sitting down listening to the same presentation method for hours.
The news is the same. Obviously there's a line which must not be crossed. Too much 'gimmickery' and it'll get in the way of the presentation, but I certainly think the BBC have it right.
Most of the Sky News changes presentation wise I like. I don't think it's a gimmick to have 3 presenters. It's just 'new'. I don't think it's a gimmick to have multiple presentation positions. However, Live at Five crosses the line. "Lets go NATIONWIDE!" is pointless and gets in the way of the information.
This isn't a good comparison though really is it ? A course stretching over several hours as opposed to a half hour news broadcast where actually the newscaster is on screen for about a quarter of that time about 8 minutes, the rest is reports.
Anyway, back to the BBC, they've finally caught up with the latest fad but there isn't much new here, it's derivative not innovative. Think 'Theatre of News' in a shoebox.
