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The Election - Which news channel will you watch . . . ?

(May 2005)

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AN
Andrew Founding member
Dunedin posted:
cat posted:
That's not ITV's remit, though, is it?

If they want to do cheap celebrity parties and silly gimmicks then that's fine, but don't try to pass it off as serious political coverage.

A general election, however, you want to mask it, is a serious and important event. That's not to say it can't be fun, for sure, but it's a great shame that ITV can't go for one evening without reducing themselves to celebrity and showbiz pap.


Everybody seems to have forgotten last time's BBC coverage then? There was a special cafe type area with Fiona Bruce talking to various different celebrities such as Richard Wilson on the night. No doubt then it was a great innovation.

Also, those of you who are slagging off ITV's coverage now before the programme has even started will obviously be slagging it off all night so your negatively biased views can be disregarded
CA
cat
Andrew posted:
Dunedin posted:
cat posted:
That's not ITV's remit, though, is it?

If they want to do cheap celebrity parties and silly gimmicks then that's fine, but don't try to pass it off as serious political coverage.

A general election, however, you want to mask it, is a serious and important event. That's not to say it can't be fun, for sure, but it's a great shame that ITV can't go for one evening without reducing themselves to celebrity and showbiz pap.


Everybody seems to have forgotten last time's BBC coverage then? There was a special cafe type area with Fiona Bruce talking to various different celebrities such as Richard Wilson on the night. No doubt then it was a great innovation.

Also, those of you who are slagging off ITV's coverage now before the programme has even started will obviously be slagging it off all night so your negatively biased views can be disregarded


There is a huge difference between a tiny area of the studio with Fiona Bruce talking to a few celebs - in fairness, I hardly remember seeing her on the night - and hosting a celebrity party on the River Thames, and dispatching two of your top newsreaders to cover it.

If they had any sense of perspective, Mark thingy and Katie Derham would have been dispatched to marginal constituencies to provide coverage from there, not some celeb knees up under a fairground ride.
AN
Andrew Founding member
cat posted:
Andrew posted:
Dunedin posted:
cat posted:
That's not ITV's remit, though, is it?

If they want to do cheap celebrity parties and silly gimmicks then that's fine, but don't try to pass it off as serious political coverage.

A general election, however, you want to mask it, is a serious and important event. That's not to say it can't be fun, for sure, but it's a great shame that ITV can't go for one evening without reducing themselves to celebrity and showbiz pap.


Everybody seems to have forgotten last time's BBC coverage then? There was a special cafe type area with Fiona Bruce talking to various different celebrities such as Richard Wilson on the night. No doubt then it was a great innovation.

Also, those of you who are slagging off ITV's coverage now before the programme has even started will obviously be slagging it off all night so your negatively biased views can be disregarded


There is a huge difference between a tiny area of the studio with Fiona Bruce talking to a few celebs - in fairness, I hardly remember seeing her on the night - and hosting a celebrity party on the River Thames, and dispatching two of your top newsreaders to cover it.

If they had any sense of perspective, Mark thingy and Katie Derham would have been dispatched to marginal constituencies to provide coverage from there, not some celeb knees up under a fairground ride.

Well you don't know how much of the show will be the party yet. I'm sure it'll only be used when they are flagging a bit between results, plus half the guests have some sort of satirical link to the proceedings like Ian Hislop and Alistair McGowan, you're making out it's going to be Jordan and Jade Goody!
IT
I T V 1
Well I know what I would rather watch. I would rather have an exciting and entertaining programme than a normal plain one. Thats just my view, and thats what I think. I know most people will think different, and so be it. Its good to see someone at last trying to make an election exciting.
RD
rdd Founding member
Sky News and the BBC, tuning into RTE for curiousity (they have Brian O'Connell and Brian Dobson, but are only running until from 11:50pm-2am according to the schedules.) Maybe the odd flick to ITV and CNN..
HA
harshy Founding member
Well I watched BBC World, News 24, and Sky News as well as ITV News, haven't watched CNN or Fox yet.

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