Emma Barnett is doing a great job and has proved better than some of the politicians taking part.
I caught the last 30 minutes, it was
the best debate of the season I thought, and refreshing to have a show for the under 30s presented without any silly 'yoof' gimmicks and presentation
These points are fair enough, however I have heard many comments today like the one tweeted below, which I fully agree with. I'm not comfortable with any specific parts of the electorate being singled out for preferential broadcasting treatment, whatever age, race, view etc.
I’m sorry I don’t understand this at all. This type of programming is about appealing to a traditionally disenfranchised part of the electorate the sort of thing the licence fee should be doing. That said I’m not sure how last nights programme would have appealed to the disfranchised youth as it just felt like a standard episode of Question Time with young people in the audience that were most likely quite political and a panel that would be trotted out for any episode of Question Time.
But having said all that, Emma Barnett did a good job and allowed free flowing debate but also kept control of the panel. A mixture I’m not sure Fiona Bruce has managed to master as of yet.
RTÉ's Prime Time will show the UK GE exit poll in full at 10pm. David McCullough will be there in studio to analyze the results. He & Miriam O'Callaghan will then be staying for the main election coverage with Bryan Dobson from 11pm to 4am on Friday morning.
I'll also give LBC's coverage a go. Global have heavily invested in this year's election coverage complete with a HD stream, so worth a look to see how Martin Stanford works with their new interactive wall and for any potential on-screen graphics.
This will be a big test for Global as this is the first time they'll be broadcasting a simulcast stream for more than just radio studio content for hours on end.
Is anyone aware, based on what happened last time, of any online news sites doing like an election results vidiprinter, with all the results LAB GAIN/CON HOLD etc in order?
Often the total seats won so far that you see on the TV, can be misleading, as it depends on what order seats declare (Labour are always in the lead at the start for example), it’s more interesting to see what seats have changed hands to see how it will pan out.
Also did Channel 4’s alternative go on until 6am last time? I can’t see many people watching an alternative at 4am?
