The tabloid tone of the journalism, more Guardian and less Mirror.
You are clearly labelling News at Ten with the rest of the ITV News brand. ITV News has tabloid and sensationalist journalism, News at Ten doesn't. News at Ten has the classic approach that all news programmes used to have until the 'new' way of presenting came in. The journalism isn't tabloid.
Sorry, I was wrong to say the tabloid tone of the journalism... it's actually more in the presentation, specifically the opening and coming-up astons. Summarising the whole story in a word or three word 'headline' is bad enough, but then for Trevor, Julie or Mark (or whoever) to read them out... you're telling me that isn't tabloid?
The tabloid tone of the journalism, more Guardian and less Mirror.
You are clearly labelling News at Ten with the rest of the ITV News brand. ITV News has tabloid and sensationalist journalism, News at Ten doesn't. News at Ten has the classic approach that all news programmes used to have until the 'new' way of presenting came in. The journalism isn't tabloid.
Sorry, I was wrong to say the tabloid tone of the journalism... it's actually more in the presentation, specifically the opening and coming-up astons. Summarising the whole story in a word or three word 'headline' is bad enough, but then for Trevor, Julie or Mark (or whoever) to read them out... you're telling me that isn't tabloid?
They do that on ITV News but as far as I am aware, News at Ten doesn't have opening heads astons. Or have I missed them, or something?
They do that on ITV News but as far as I am aware, News at Ten doesn't have opening heads astons. Or have I missed them, or something?
No, NaT doesn't have astons for the headlines. It looks too tabloidy and cringeworthy on the other bulletins with lines such as "A tragic loss", or "Out of this world", or "Saved by the bell" ... you get my drift. Having the presenters read out these lines as well as seeing them on screen makes it all the more tabloidy.
Did any one notice the other night- I think Thursday's Evening News. it didn't go out for the adverts, for about 10 - 15 seconds Nina & Mark were just talking unware that it hadn't gone out to the ads.
OK, this is going completely off-topic but I thought I'd 'enquire'.
Looking at this clipon Youtube, I notice both the Weekend News bulletins as well as the Early Evening News used the same closing music (and opening sequences come 1998, when the EEN - for some reason - dropped the Big Ben title sequence). Was just wondering if the Morning News and the Lunchtime News (which both used an alternative arrangement of theme music in their opening sequences) used an alternate closing theme to the one used in the clip linked above? I've scoured the net looking for a video of any closing sequence to the Lunchtime/Morning News from this era but can only find opening titles.
OK, this is going completely off-topic but I thought I'd 'enquire'.
Looking at this clipon Youtube, I notice both the Weekend News bulletins as well as the Early Evening News used the same closing music (and opening sequences come 1998, when the EEN - for some reason - dropped the Big Ben title sequence). Was just wondering if the Morning News and the Lunchtime News (which both used an alternative arrangement of theme music in their opening sequences) used an alternate closing theme to the one used in the clip linked above? I've scoured the net looking for a video of any closing sequence to the Lunchtime/Morning News from this era but can only find opening titles.
Anyone else know? My memory's very hazy on this.
On the subject of that era, did the non-NAT bulletins have breaks in them, as they do now? I know NAT had a break as there are video examples on the net, but none for the other bulletins.