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(May 2010)

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PT
Put The Telly On
Bly-me! Missed all this. Just seen the YouTube clip.

I saw one poster saying Boulton had overstepped the line. Perhaps here in the UK but certainly not when you look at CNN bigwigs i.e Bill O'Reilly.
DA
damo
Barney Boo posted:
Brekkie posted:
Them side panels look so pointless though - I bet they'll be quietly dropped sooner or later.


It seems that instantiating a name strap forces the whole 'BREAKING NEWS' sequence to play out. When I'm only watching it muted out the corner of one eye, it makes a conversation between three people seem implausibly dramatic.


I noticed this too, its driving me bonkers.. so many 'BREAKING NEWS' sequences this evening, it catches my eye, I look at the TV, it then revelas the guy talking on screens name...
NG
noggin Founding member
nok32uk posted:
Bly-me! Missed all this. Just seen the YouTube clip.

I saw one poster saying Boulton had overstepped the line. Perhaps here in the UK but certainly not when you look at CNN bigwigs i.e Bill O'Reilly.


Think you mean Fox News bigwigs don't you? Bill O'Reilly is with Fox News, not CNN.
MA
Magoo
Here we go again...
LR
Lost The Remote
Very nearly kicked off again with Ben Bradshaw.

Anna to the rescue.
PT
Put The Telly On
noggin posted:
nok32uk posted:
Bly-me! Missed all this. Just seen the YouTube clip.

I saw one poster saying Boulton had overstepped the line. Perhaps here in the UK but certainly not when you look at CNN bigwigs i.e Bill O'Reilly.


Think you mean Fox News bigwigs don't you? Bill O'Reilly is with Fox News, not CNN.


That's the one.
NE
newsfan1
He really is not a happy bunny.
A full blown punch up cant be that far off.
But he is being riled to a certain extent - Labour people are deliberately not admitting that they have lost in order to get a rise and then quickly say yes.
He really needs to count to 10 and calm down and rationally make his point.
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
newsfan1 posted:
He really is not a happy bunny.
A full blown punch up cant be that far off.
But he is being riled to a certain extent - Labour people are deliberately not admitting that they have lost in order to get a rise and then quickly say yes.
He really needs to count to 10 and calm down and rationally make his point.


What ? Labour don't need to admit defeat to satisfy Adam Boulton, and he shouldn't allow himself to be drawn into personal and petty point scoring with politicians.

He's supposedly a political commentator. His role is to commentate, objectively.
DO
dotdotuk Founding member
derek500 posted:
dotdotuk posted:


I have a 40inch Samsung TV in a pretty small living room and I cant read the side panels. The font is way too small. The scrolling news/Breaking news text is readable.


I don't wish to be flippant, but it's probably one of three things:-

You're sitting too far from the screen - HD is best viewed from 2 x screen size, so for you about 6'6".

Your set up is incorrect, picture settings/connected by SCART and not HDMI.

Your eyesight.


The TV is connected via HDMI.

I am by the standards you state too far from the screen, however isn't that the point? How many people are in the same boat as me?

If Sky News want me to watch their HD service they should provide something I can read. I am not going to switch my living room around in order to satisfy some theorectical viewing zone. If they want me to watch all they have to do is increase the font size a little otherwise most people will not bother.

By the way I am middle aged so perhaps my eyesight is not what it was. Shocked I suspect however that I am slap bang in the middle of the Sky News demographics. So I repeat, if they want me to watch.....
FO
fodg09
Eamonn Holmes defending Sky News on Twitter yet again.

C4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy also getting in on the act
Quote:
I wish the Sky News bashing would stop tho. Adam Boulton is a fine political editor and a great broadcaster who needs some sleep
Last edited by fodg09 on 10 May 2010 11:09pm
BR
breakingnews
Whatever about bias, this does not look good for Adam and so it reflects badly on Sky News. Burley only aggravates it.
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
When does Adam B sleep ? He's on air again now.

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