Well, That’s what, that is. Makes the unpunished Barnard Castle incident standout more.
(FTAOD - Comparator not political point)
Indeed it does seem like newsreaders are being held to a higher standard than the politicians who run the country (which is to say politicians should be held to a higher standard than they are).
Dominic Cummings of course was a civil servant rather than a politician.
Margaret Ferrier though was and still is a politician
Once/if Kay returns, surely it’s not appropriate for her to be on her usual show which is where government ministers are usually interviewed and it would be better if she started on just a standard bulletin or the overnight shift.
Indeed it does seem like newsreaders are being held to a higher standard than the politicians who run the country (which is to say politicians should be held to a higher standard than they are).
Dominic Cummings of course was a civil servant rather than a politician.
Margaret Ferrier though was and still is a politician
And her party have suspened her (quite rightly IMO). She's still an MP because her party can't remove that position, that's for the electorate to decide (as she is refusing to resign)
Well, That’s what, that is. Makes the unpunished Barnard Castle incident standout more.
(FTAOD - Comparator not political point)
Indeed it does seem like newsreaders are being held to a higher standard than the politicians who run the country (which is to say politicians should be held to a higher standard than they are).
Dominic Cummings of course was a civil servant rather than a politician.
That distinction can be a little disingenuous, though. He isn’t an
elected
politician, but he was a political aide and served in a political role, albeit on a short-term civil service contract.
Once/if Kay returns, surely it’s not appropriate for her to be on her usual show which is where government ministers are usually interviewed and it would be better if she started on just a standard bulletin or the overnight shift.
Just to confirm, should anyone who has ever been in the wrong in any capacity, or committed any crime or immoral sin, be confined to situations where they cannot possibly interview or interact with decision makers and authority figures? She screwed up. It isn’t clear she did so intentionally or maliciously, and I’m also not sure that someone who has perfectly complied with restrictions is necessarily more equipped at challenging political leaders about said restrictions — especially when they are sufficiently complex and ambiguous that people can fall foul of them inadvertently (regardless of whether this was the case here).
Seems a hasty and hefty decision, but it makes a statement and that is the intention here.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable decision to me.
Kay and Beth can’t be suggesting more restrictions or reporting on the compliance of others when they are breaking the current restrictions themselves.
It’s like when Alastair Stewart lost his job on Police Camera Action after he was done for drink driving
Interesting editorial decisions in that announcement. It’s hard to imagine either the BBC or Sky not reporting it as “breaking news” if, say, the BBC took Laura Kuenssberg off air for three months.
It feels more like a company statement being read out than news coverage - it perhaps lacks the distance that BBC News employs when reporting on BBC News.
Interesting editorial decisions in that announcement. It’s hard to imagine either the BBC or Sky not reporting it as “breaking news” if, say, the BBC took Laura Kuenssberg off air for three months.
It feels more like a company statement being read out than news coverage - it perhaps lacks the distance that BBC News employs when reporting on BBC News.
I feel like a short introduction to the statement would have done the job.
"You may have seen some news about some of our Sky News colleagues over the past few days, well Sky has just released the following statement..." etc etc.
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AlexS
All three journalists now off-air at Sky News will be on full pay. Understand Sky is keen to have them back once the allotted period is up and view today's announcement as drawing a line under the whole thing.
