Re: TV Newspaper reviews
Originally Posted by
Floydy
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Why are guests invited by the BBC and other news programmes to review the stories in today's papers?
We get a columnist, or some random housewife or laughably, has-been athlete Kris Akabusi (!) to tell us what is in the news and how they interpret it.
Are we not able to read? Can we not figure out how a newspaper works or read it on the internet?
Why do we need these people to read the papers for us?
Is it because news presenters are supposed to be impartial and tell it as it is?
If so, why has the BBC's Naga Munchetty been under scrutiny for her comments, whereas Piers Morgan on ITV can say what ge likes and is far from 'impartial' in his views?
Funny you should say that. Although I have never ever done so before, I was so incensed at the bullying, hectoring and completely biased way in which Naga Munchetty interviewed James Cleverly, Chairman of the Tory Party on the BBC morning news programme last week.
I made a point of firing off an official complaint on their online complaints form. She is meant to be an impartial News Reader, able to ask questions yes, but not act like a Political presenter, refusing to accept answers, repeatedly asking the same question over and over again, even though she has been given a direct answer to her question.
The vicious look on her face as she was repeatedly asking the same question over and over, said it all.
Really dislike her tone of questioning those she is not in agreement with. I believe that news presenters should be impartial and respectful to their guests at all times.
In this case, it looked as though she was auditioning for Andrew Marr's job.