BBC breakfast news - dumbing down?
GPW
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Had the misfortune of watching their breakfast show today for the first time in several years. Is it me or has the move to Salford lead to a decline of standards of reports & guests etc.
I know they have the lead of ITV version (which isn't that hard)
I know they have the lead of ITV version (which isn't that hard)
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I think it's you.
But overall I'd say it has been reasonably consistent in what it delivers.
Why are they using a shoebox size studio?
Very numbed down consumer news rather than proper business news you used to get in the old days.
After all, breakfast programmes are, on the whole, targeting the typical breakfast viewer who has a short period of time available in between preparing/eating breakfast, getting ready for work or getting the kids off to school.
A proper business digest should have its place later on in the day, after the markets have closed.
Would've thought you were too busy watching the "who's made the latest 'Hollywood Power List?" -type stories on your beloved GMB.
I think you are getting me mixed up with someone else, as I've never said anything along those lines.
Your point is obviously what is happening though, as long as its better than ITV then it'll do, which is why they are aiming so low and are phoning it in most days.
The amount of times Steph has interviewed a manager from a established retailer, had a discussion about why their results are down, mentioned discount stores or the downturn or Internet shopping, and then handed back to Bill, is quite ridiculous though. Happens every week.
What would you like Steph to be talking about, and to whom?
I'm trying to remember the last time she interviewed a union spokesperson or shareholder critical of a company. I sometimes think her fawning interviews with managers are actually a veiled attempt at a job application. The Marks and Spencer story might have been of interest to many viewers who are customers but she
managed to miss it completely, perhaps because it reflected adversely on the
management ?
The BBC lost credibility when it inflicted the dreary, seedy and poorly acted soap opera eastenders on the nation. Among many other crimes against broadcasting. There is simply
a dreadful paucity of talent at the BBC.
No their London studio was massive. It looked small because they only used a small corner. Plus it had a much bigger ceiling height too.
A "paucity of talent" that is always being tapped into by other broadcasters.....;-)
How would it be significantly better than the radio version - unless you need to see George Osbourne / Vince Cable etc. to understand what they're saying?
Justin Webb said in a column for the Radio Times that essentially was what they tried to do with Breakfast News when he presented it but it didn't work.
London was big:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIU8Ou_P2PI
The "real news" continues on the News Channel so the OP should switch to that.