When Jeremy isn't on the programme is usually pointless. Someone with a tired old hobby horse droning on and on for 20 mins then another one for the same amount of time.
The BBC Trust wouldn't allow the BBC to scrap Newsnight, they might make some changes but they will still need to provide a news programme that is more in depth than the main BBC1 bulletins.
He cannot need the money. I wish some of the other old stagers would step down as well and give younger people a chance. John Humphrys springs to mind and there are others.
Presumably this is why the BBC lured Laura Kuenssberg back after she left the BBC?
I wonder if Paxman's decision was influenced by the BBC decision to cut the pay of their talent, last year.
He'd become cliched and boring anyway. His insulting and baiting guests was so obvious you'd see through it a mile off
Presumably everything you know about Newsnight is what you've read on the forum? I don't recall Paxo ever insulting anyone, and his robust. tenacious, style and not taking BS for an answer needs to be encouraged, in the age of weasel politicians, not criticised. If only there were more presenters like him.
Agreed, he just seem to enjoy being rude for the sake of it, rather than get any sort of insight or revelation from the person he was interviewing.
I think sometimes the style of interviewing he employed was actually less likely to get answers from the interviewee because they would become defensive from the start because of his aggression. The softly-softly approach quite often works more effectively, because the interviewee becomes more relaxed and is more likely to let something slip out that they perhaps didn't want.
The BBC Trust wouldn't allow the BBC to scrap Newsnight, they might make some changes but they will still need to provide a news programme that is more in depth than the main BBC1 bulletins.
Have a news in depth review show on BBC4 once a week at 23:00 to tick this box.
When Jeremy isn't on the programme is usually pointless. Someone with a tired old hobby horse droning on and on for 20 mins then another one for the same amount of time.
Yes but that does seem to be the new editor's plan! Ian Katz wants to dumb it down and drive it on to the commercial success of his previous employer the Guardian.
Newnight will have a complete overhaul and will be moved to the BBC News Channel. It will eventually fade away into the back and beyond of aunties archive shows.
And in the week when RT has an interview with the Newsnight editor Ian Katz saying Paxman is "really important. He absolutely leads the show. He's brilliant at what he does."
It's easy to believe that it was actually his resignation but could he have been asked to by the beeb? Too subversive, too opinionated, too agressive a style etc?
I agree it seems unlikely but isn't that how good PR works?
And in the week when RT has an interview with the Newsnight editor Ian Katz saying Paxman is "really important. He absolutely leads the show. He's brilliant at what he does."
I was just reading that this morning, before I even learned he was leaving. I also noticed that all Katz could talk about was ratings.
Paxo's looked miserable ever since Katz came on board with his dopey gimmicks. Wonder what went on behind the scenes.
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Will they bother with a main presenter I wonder or just rotate?
He'll probably do more of them, much to Dan Snow's annoyance.
That's what I was thinking.
Agreed, he just seem to enjoy being rude for the sake of it, rather than get any sort of insight or revelation from the person he was interviewing.
I wonder if Paxman's decision was influenced by the BBC decision to cut the pay of their talent, last year.
Presumably everything you know about Newsnight is what you've read on the forum? I don't recall Paxo ever insulting anyone, and his robust. tenacious, style and not taking BS for an answer needs to be encouraged, in the age of weasel politicians, not criticised. If only there were more presenters like him.
I think sometimes the style of interviewing he employed was actually less likely to get answers from the interviewee because they would become defensive from the start because of his aggression. The softly-softly approach quite often works more effectively, because the interviewee becomes more relaxed and is more likely to let something slip out that they perhaps didn't want.
Boulton is well past his best
The BBC were told last July. He wants to go to bed a reasonable time like everyone else.
Have a news in depth review show on BBC4 once a week at 23:00 to tick this box.
Yes but that does seem to be the new editor's plan! Ian Katz wants to dumb it down and drive it on to the commercial success of his previous employer the Guardian.
Oh hang on a minute....
Idiot.
I agree it seems unlikely but isn't that how good PR works?
I was just reading that this morning, before I even learned he was leaving. I also noticed that all Katz could talk about was ratings.
Paxo's looked miserable ever since Katz came on board with his dopey gimmicks. Wonder what went on behind the scenes.
Perhaps he's going to the Today Show?