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Rageh Omaar and Anushka Asthana Presenting (July 2020)

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RD
RDJ
Not sure if Rageh is completely comfortable with a live debate style programme.

He seems a bit on edge whenever it’s time for a break or if someone interjects.

Charlene or Ranvir might have been more suited to this.
ST
Stuart
RDJ posted:
Could be a contender for the award for TV’s largest ever desk with the BBC News fake desk from the nineties.

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The issue with the 1990s BBC 'virtual desk', is that the bottom half couldn't be seen easily, it tended to merge in with the rest of the studio floor - whether real or not.

It made it look even narrower and longer than intended, I'm sure. It was quite ridiculous to have something that looked set for a UN Conference of 50 delegates, but with one person sat behind it.

I was quite surprised when I saw studio shots of the 'real part', and became aware that the design was quite different to what was evident on screen.

EDITED for typo
JK
JK08
After that I definitely hope that someone decides that ITV election nights should come from the GMB studio.
JO
Josh
The only problem I have with that is how would they turn it around for 6am?
MA
Meridian AM
RDJ posted:
Not sure if Rageh is completely comfortable with a live debate style programme.

He seems a bit on edge whenever it’s time for a break or if someone interjects.

Charlene or Ranvir might have been more suited to this.


Yes he is very uncomfortable to watch.

And as usual on these kind of programme, they have so many contribters and hardly any time to try to put their points across. Lots of interruptions and cut-offs.

The same as the paper review with Eamonn on This Morning earlier. They have people on and once they start getting into an interesting discussion it's time to end and it feels rushed.

Also Loose Women this afternoon. The 4 Loose Women panellists had 2 ladies from Eastenders on and it just turns into a rabble. 6 of them all talking and shouting at the same time and it isn't an enjoyable viewing experience.
And it is usually awkward to watch interviews when some of them are on via webcam, especially when there are sound delays.
AS
Asa Admin
Now *that’s* a desk, can they keep it for the morning? Smile

Haven’t caught much of it yet but good work on the graphics too.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Nicely done. Good to see something fresh.
MW
Mike W
Not presentation related but I don't like Chante Joseph, the unconscious bias she shows towards policing (even going so far as to cut the Met bod off mid sentence) is the very same thing she claims the wider CJS has against Black people.

And rather than rolling her eyes and trying to talk over people who disagree with her shows a lack of skill as a journalist. It's a hell of an assumption to say that crime is the result of 'government caused poverty' - there's little link to poverty and murder, and drugs and the greed, power and control that goes with it. It makes her come across borderline unwell (massive conspiracy theorist).

Nice to see Humphrys asking questions of those making sweeping statements, and the remainder of panelists wasn't as hostile.
DB
dbl
Not presentation related but I don't like Chante Joseph, the unconscious bias she shows towards policing (even going so far as to cut the Met bod off mid sentence) is the very same thing she claims the wider CJS has against Black people.

I don't want to derail the thread either, however can you blame her for holding that view, when black police officers have stated they have experienced racism within the police force, hence the term institutionalised racism.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/14/former-top-met-police-officers-say-racism-blighted-their-careers-black
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/15/black-police-officer-met-institutionally-racist-bame-officers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/381ddbb1-e493-4875-86da-4fa4368ef839

Stephen Lawrence's case is notable for exposing this.
Last edited by dbl on 17 July 2020 11:33am
VA
valley
On this Periscope video from ITV News there's an unusual clock at the start. Whilst the boxed names at the start worked fine for the studio guests, they didn't work very well on the OS guests in my opinion.

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