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Pretty well lit. Rishi’s mic wasn’t working though.

AllWillBeWell

Big backup mic, thank god someone had the idea to do that.
Nice to see two microphones there; one a lapel and the other a spare!
AllWillBeWell post_id=21527 time= user_id=773 Wrote:Big backup mic, thank god someone had the idea to do that.

Well, Thank God somebody thought of that idea, but the fact that they're having to have it there in the first place really highlights how bad things are right now.
RegularCapital post_id=21519 time= user_id=995 Wrote:As mentioned in an article from The Streamable, Discovery's CEO David Zaslav has spoke about GB News since its launch during this week's Credit Suisse Communications Conference.

At the conference, he credited the early success of GB News, a new U.K.-based news outlet, as a way his company can compete with the UK's “Big Two” (BBC News and Sky News), by offering content they won’t.

Quote:“Local news, local sports. We started the local sports, and we need to build local news,” Zaslav said. “And how important that is, it’s hard to tell — but it is a differentiator. Local content, local sports, local news against hanging out in the neighborhood where you have two other great players, but they’re not doing exactly what we’re doing. And that’s a good thing.”

https://thestreamable.com/uk/news/discov...lix-disney
So the lies about providing a local service that two broadcasters who've had regional news in their schedules for over six decades and air nightly bulletins which are amongst the highest rated shows on TV every day came from the very top.

Do they just think if they say it enough it becomes true - a couple of live hits from someone saying what somebody in a pub told them is nowhere near close to what even Sky offer in covering stories across the UK, never mind the BBC and ITV regions.

AllWillBeWell

BBI45 post_id=21529 time= user_id=1008 Wrote:
AllWillBeWell post_id=21527 time= user_id=773 Wrote:Big backup mic, thank god someone had the idea to do that.

Well, Thank God somebody thought of that idea, but the fact that they're having to have it there in the first place really highlights how bad things are right now.

They certainly need to rip out the audio system and start again, no matter the cost. As other suggested close down over the weekend if required.
RegularCapital post_id=21519 time= user_id=995 Wrote:As mentioned in an article from The Streamable, Discovery's CEO David Zaslav has spoke about GB News since its launch during this week's Credit Suisse Communications Conference.

At the conference, he credited the early success of GB News, a new U.K.-based news outlet, as a way his company can compete with the UK's “Big Two” (BBC News and Sky News), by offering content they won’t.

Quote:“Local news, local sports. We started the local sports, and we need to build local news,” Zaslav said. “And how important that is, it’s hard to tell — but it is a differentiator. Local content, local sports, local news against hanging out in the neighborhood where you have two other great players, but they’re not doing exactly what we’re doing. And that’s a good thing.”

https://thestreamable.com/uk/news/discov...lix-disney

I wonder if he's watched any of it.
Anyone feel they have their most professional pilot/someone else drafted in to direct this? Just the way the interview is being cut seems more professional than the rest of their output.
MrUdagawa post_id=21533 time=1623870534 user_id=1184 Wrote:Anyone feel they have their most professional pilot/someone else drafted in to direct this? Just the way the interview is being cut seems more professional than the rest of their output.

Getting four different camera angles in focus! Is certainly impressive for them
MrUdagawa post_id=21533 time=1623870534 user_id=1184 Wrote:Anyone feel they have their most professional pilot/someone else drafted in to direct this? Just the way the interview is being cut seems more professional than the rest of their output.
Yes, its the most professional its been all week

AllWillBeWell

MrUdagawa post_id=21533 time= user_id=1184 Wrote:Anyone feel they have their most professional pilot/someone else drafted in to direct this? Just the way the interview is being cut seems more professional than the rest of their output.

There were four men standing over the gallery staff so I assume they are senior and advising.
This is perfectly fine. Not groundbreaking, no different to what Andrew Neil did on the BBC but fine.

Not sure Andrew setting out his view on fiscal policy (which more or less match Sunak’s) before the interview was terribly helpful in terms of setting it up but otherwise this is fine.
Who thought a black background would be a good idea, particularly for a set which is due to host a lot of politicians in dark suits?

thecorrector

It’s happened again, folks:

https://twitter.com/gbnewsfails/status/1...22754?s=21

And this was supposedly the offending email:

https://twitter.com/modernaurelius/statu...12195?s=21
Tess Tegel, wouldn't have thought of that one in a million years ?