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Iran hostages to be freed!

News reports? (April 2007)

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Jonathan
Brekkie Boy posted:
Admittedly only dipped in and out of the coverage on Sky and the BBC, but Julian Manyon seems to have come up with the goods again for ITV News - only a couple of brief interviews, but he seems more present in the situation than his BBC/Sky rivals.

Ah Brekkie you've reminded me! I was meaning to say this earlier. During tonight's ITV Evening News, Julian attempted a ''Nick Robinson'' intro to report. It was all so well polished but he fluffed up his words and got into a bit of a tangle. The the report failed. Anyway, I've a couple of questions about Manyon. Is he freelance, as he isn't required by ITN all the time is he? I mean, he must have some sort of other job as maybe a collumist? Also, where is he based? Moscow? Finally, does Julian have a speech disorder as he sounds quite shaky and you get the impression he is about to start crying...
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Brekkie
Jonathan posted:
Anyway, I've a couple of questions about Manyon. Is he freelance, as he isn't required by ITN all the time is he? I mean, he must have some sort of other job as maybe a collumist? Also, where is he based? Moscow? Finally, does Julian have a speech disorder as he sounds quite shaky and you get the impression he is about to start crying...



Firstly - full time ITN I think!

Secondly - not sure!

Finally - he's normally in the middle of war zones so I think a shaky voice and wanting to cry can be excused!
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Jonathan
He seems to just...drift across the Middle East with no fixed abode.
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Seb
Brekkie Boy posted:
Admittedly only dipped in and out of the coverage on Sky and the BBC, but Julian Manyon seems to have come up with the goods again for ITV News - only a couple of brief interviews, but he seems more present in the situation than his BBC/Sky rivals.


The BBC's Frances Harrison, Tehran Correspondent, asked President Amadinejad a question directly at the press conference, you can hardly get any more present to the situation than that!
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Joshua
So did Julian. He asked what Britain done to get the Navy crew back.
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Johnnie
Jonathan posted:
He seems to just...drift across the Middle East with no fixed abode.


He's based at the Jerusalem bureau.
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Seb
josh205 posted:
So did Julian. He asked what Britain done to get the Navy crew back.


Ah, but in the absence of the ITV news channel you couldnt see him asking it live like on News 24!
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Jonathan
alarsne53 posted:
josh205 posted:
So did Julian. He asked what Britain done to get the Navy crew back.


Ah, but in the absence of the ITV news channel you couldnt see him asking it live like on News 24!

And? He still asked!
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Seb
The point was in relation to the above, the suggestion that the bbc were not as present as ITV, which was not the case!
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Brekkie
"seems" was the key word - no need to go on the BBC defensive!


To the channel hopping viewer (i.e. me!) it appears that ITV have one of their senior correspondents covering the events - while the BBC are just using someone who they've stuck in an office in Tehran just in case something might happen once in a while!


Although of course it's all about money and the BBC are more than willing to spend ours making sure they have a correspondent positioned at every mile across the globe - but though that has it's obvious benefits, it's arguable that having so many correspondents also has it's draw backs too - and though I'm not doubting their journalistic credentials and the importance of local knowledge, a face and a name you recognise can add alot of weight to a report.



I think the events of the last couple of weeks though in particular have shown how much of a blow losing the ITV News Channel was. It's been a story where developments could happen at anytime - and having a four or five hour gap between bulletins can never do them justice!


Also a bit of praise for both BBC News 24 and Sky News. Though of course the situation has been the dominant story for a fortnight, I think this time round they've got the balance pretty right.

Yes, it's generally been the leading story - but with perhaps the exception of today and the early stages of the situation, I think they've got the balance pretty much spot on and covered the story adequately without going for complete blanket coverage, with other stories getting their fair share of airtime.
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archiveTV
Brekkie Boy posted:
"seems" was the key word - no need to go on the BBC defensive!


To the channel hopping viewer (i.e. me!) it appears that ITV have one of their senior correspondents covering the events - while the BBC are just using someone who they've stuck in an office in Tehran just in case something might happen once in a while!


Although of course it's all about money and the BBC are more than willing to spend ours making sure they have a correspondent positioned at every mile across the globe - but though that has it's obvious benefits, it's arguable that having so many correspondents also has it's draw backs too - and though I'm not doubting their journalistic credentials and the importance of local knowledge, a face and a name you recognise can add alot of weight to a report.



I think the events of the last couple of weeks though in particular have shown how much of a blow losing the ITV News Channel was. It's been a story where developments could happen at anytime - and having a four or five hour gap between bulletins can never do them justice!


Also a bit of praise for both BBC News 24 and Sky News. Though of course the situation has been the dominant story for a fortnight, I think this time round they've got the balance pretty right.

Yes, it's generally been the leading story - but with perhaps the exception of today and the early stages of the situation, I think they've got the balance pretty much spot on and covered the story adequately without going for complete blanket coverage, with other stories getting their fair share of airtime.


Errr no Frances Harrision actually lives in Iran and reports for BBC World service and BBC World often
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calum141
Francis also covers the majority of stories in Iran - I see her quite regually on the 10.

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