Because about 5 people tweeted that they liked it. Running a US-focussed show at 7pm UK time is frankly ridiculous. The whole bloody channel is ridiculous right now to be honest with you.
I don't think it's anything to do with Twitter but rather the current man in charge of the NewsChannel thinking viewers want anything other than rolling news..
Because about 5 people tweeted that they liked it. Running a US-focussed show at 7pm UK time is frankly ridiculous. The whole bloody channel is ridiculous right now to be honest with you.
I really like it. Focusing on Brexit and Trump in a lighter but still very BBC style. It's also on at a convenient time for me, I very rarely get home in time for the 6 and am doing other things for the 10.
I still don't get the point of BBC Newsroom Live. Apart from the music (which I love) its the same as any other standard hour on the News Channel, and they don't even use the branding if a presenter is on location.
Why would they use that particular branding if it's on location? The whole point of it was that it was live from the newsroom (or at least the newsroom studio) rather than the studio based stuff that's been on the news channel from 6-11am.
Sam Taylor has ruined the News Channel. Bring back Kevin Bakhurst and bring back BBC News 24.
Sam Taylor has had to oversee cuts to the NC while providing what is still largely a decent rolling news service. Yes, there are dayparts which aren't to my taste, such as the 9-11 slot and the overnight World News segments, yet they still provide business bulletins, in-vision weather forecasts etc which Sky don't after 10am.
:-(
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Quite - not sure it's fair to place the blame on the person who has to deliver a service with heavily-reduced funding.
Just how much it costs to have someone sat in a studio linking to reports though, I'm not sure - I'd probably rather they went down to the old ITN NC basic approach at certain times of the day rather than just showing something off World News. It seems like there is a certain level that they are unwilling to go beneath in terms of production standards.
It's not just a presenter sitting in a studio though is it? It's a production team and an editorial team in order to make it happen. These days those teams can be smaller than they once were - and with automation you can still achieve a decent looking programme.
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