tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220879141018567205.post6532164453790821917..comments2010-02-19T12:09:20.900+00:00Comments on Richard's blog: Bad newsRJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545427734139322447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220879141018567205.post-14649072661063929132010-02-19T12:09:20.900+00:002010-02-19T12:09:20.900+00:00There is something very similar to this at Bloombe...There is something very similar to this at Bloomberg TV (FreeSat Ch. 208) - the news-bimbo only gets a quarter of the screen to herself while the rest is dedicated to financial tickers and various text scroller bars...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096969932656769324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220879141018567205.post-58502562488292989592010-02-07T06:51:08.849+00:002010-02-07T06:51:08.849+00:00Perhaps the solution is to replace live news broad...Perhaps the solution is to replace live news broadcasting with written reports that stay on the screen till driven off by subsequent reports -- like they do with the football score updates on Saturday afternoons.RJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545427734139322447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220879141018567205.post-28454124793687040952010-02-02T15:38:59.763+00:002010-02-02T15:38:59.763+00:00...and what with BBC newsreaders regularly dancing......and what with BBC newsreaders regularly dancing with Pudsey Bear or similar, it's not surprising that my daughter is convinced that BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson is actually Harry Hill but without the pens in his top pocket...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096969932656769324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220879141018567205.post-28792672483954001172010-02-01T17:41:51.689+00:002010-02-01T17:41:51.689+00:00When I used to work for a major financial services...When I used to work for a major financial services information provider (now swallowed up by an even larger one),the Editorial Director made it clear to all the journos that their job was not just to report the news but also to create it by 'digging around' among contacts as traditional 'newshounds' are/were supposed to. Unfortunately now with 24 hour news the problem is that limited funds mean that you have to fill the 168 hours with the presentation padding as you describe. The actual 'breaking news' could of course be easily condensed into a four minute Radio 4 summary (ideally read by Charlotte Green....<br />;-)). IMHO the only TV journos who still seem to do real 'digging' are the remarkable Robert Peston who almost (sorry, arguably, trying to keep things libel-free here!) destroyed Northern Rock single-handed and the sceptical but literate Garry Gibbon on Channel 4 News.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096969932656769324noreply@blogger.com