London Lite post_id=33551 time= user_id=953 Wrote:No surprise that Tom Harwood is getting his own show although I still think he needs to master his delivery.
Yes - not a huge fan of his presenting style. To me it seems like he's trying too hard to sound like a 'news anchor' when he should really just be trying to be natural.
TVViewer256 post_id=33568 time= user_id=1039 Wrote:London Lite post_id=33551 time= user_id=953 Wrote:No surprise that Tom Harwood is getting his own show although I still think he needs to master his delivery.
Yes - not a huge fan of his presenting style. To me it seems like he's trying too hard to sound like a 'news anchor' when he should really just be trying to be natural.
My thoughts exactly. When he's actually giving his opinion on something, there's potential there, but he simply can't play it straight and it shows in his delivery.
news727 post_id=33567 time= user_id=1412 Wrote:Where have I heard a political program, being broadcast multiple times a day with different editions, on a news channel before?
Oh, right.
Not to mention the somehow similar timeslots...
I do feel like with every announcement we are moving closer and closer to the format of Sky News Australia... hardly unsurprising really considering who is in charge.
news727 post_id=33567 time= user_id=1412 Wrote:Where have I heard a political program, being broadcast multiple times a day with different editions, on a news channel before?
Oh, right.
Not to mention the somehow similar timeslots...
It's not like Sky News Australia was run by the same... oh, never mind.
Notice "To the Point" was also a programme name down under too.
onetrickypony post_id=33494 time= user_id=944 Wrote:Brekkie post_id=33463 time= user_id=976 Wrote:So the UN spent probably millions getting the worlds greatest scientists to compile their latest report on the threat of climate change to the planet, as we see evidence all around us of the consequences in action.
But no, Dan Wootton thinks this is all "hysterical" and "scaremongering" and is given a platform to debunk it absolutely unchallenged. This isn't news or even views - this is deliberate misinformation, and it's shameful that Discovery are partly funding it and even more concerning that OFCOM are turning a blind eye to it.
Didn't he have a scientist on later in the clash? Farage had a scientist who contributed to the report if I recall.
I didn't see the coverage because I can't take Wootton without having consumed alcohol beforehand but I do have a question...
It's great that they had a scientist on to debate but did they have an expert on the other side to present the evidence of the hysteria/scaremongering? I'm wondering where Dan or Nigel would have gotten the information to lead them to their views. They aren't experts in the matter so if they are to cover it properly, they need proper, qualified people to present the matter from both sides.
So after my last post, I switched to the channel just for a look and Dewbs & Co was on. Now, accents - be they regional or "foreign" - do not bother me in the slightest (I have one myself!) but when I hear a presenter that I would assume wants to project a professional and polished image say "We was talking during the break and...", it really bugs me.
It would appear that Dewbs is one of the people that thinks the verb "to be" isn't conjugated! I was, you was, we was, they was. My own grammar isn't perfect (I've probably made several mistakes in this post!) but I ain't on TV!
gman post_id=33579 time= user_id=1359 Wrote:onetrickypony post_id=33494 time= user_id=944 Wrote:Brekkie post_id=33463 time= user_id=976 Wrote:So the UN spent probably millions getting the worlds greatest scientists to compile their latest report on the threat of climate change to the planet, as we see evidence all around us of the consequences in action.
But no, Dan Wootton thinks this is all "hysterical" and "scaremongering" and is given a platform to debunk it absolutely unchallenged. This isn't news or even views - this is deliberate misinformation, and it's shameful that Discovery are partly funding it and even more concerning that OFCOM are turning a blind eye to it.
Didn't he have a scientist on later in the clash? Farage had a scientist who contributed to the report if I recall.
I didn't see the coverage because I can't take Wootton without having consumed alcohol beforehand but I do have a question...
It's great that they had a scientist on to debate but did they have an expert on the other side to present the evidence of the hysteria/scaremongering? I'm wondering where Dan or Nigel would have gotten the information to lead them to their views. They aren't experts in the matter so if they are to cover it properly, they need proper, qualified people to present the matter from both sides.
I saw it and thought it was reasonably balanced echoing David Whitfield's post.
But I am actually old enough to remember the warnings in 1989 - it took up 2 of my GCSE Geography lessons at the time and scared me and most of my classmates witless.
Although the warning in 1989 wasn't delivered by the IPCC as in this case, the media should ask, as they occasionally do with COVID infection rates, why the experts whose opinions affect political policy and our daily lives as a result get it often very wrong.
To do so doesn't mean that a station is denying climate change or the dangers of COVID.
If Sky or BBC do it, it's hard nosed journalism to be applauded. Apparently that's not so for GB News.
Interested to see what the new shows are like but I truly don't think the channel will find its feet as a news channel until it has hourly and half hourly bulletins and the occasional OB interview with a PA or Reuters correspondent on the ground instead of another talking head on a Zoom call.
I've noticed on Michelle Dewberry's promo she changes her accent within two words.
She says the "Co." in Dewbs & Co. in a standard English accent then two words later the same vowel in "show" in her Hull accent.
I don't want to have a go at her, it's just something I couldn't help noticing
Gusan post_id=33602 time= user_id=1644 Wrote:I've noticed on Michelle Dewberry's promo she changes her accent within two words.
She says the "Co." in Dewbs & Co. in a standard English accent then two words later the same vowel in "show" in her Hull accent.
I don't want to have a go at her, it's just something I couldn't help noticing
That's when 'ull folk want to sound posh - and before I'm criticised for it, that's what they tell me.
(BTW it's a great city and is often overlooked).
Fluffy Bunny Feet post_id=33615 time= user_id=1311 Wrote:Gusan post_id=33602 time= user_id=1644 Wrote:I've noticed on Michelle Dewberry's promo she changes her accent within two words.
She says the "Co." in Dewbs & Co. in a standard English accent then two words later the same vowel in "show" in her Hull accent.
I don't want to have a go at her, it's just something I couldn't help noticing
That's when 'ull folk want to sound posh - and before I'm criticised for it, that's what they tell me.
(BTW it's a great city and is often overlooked).
I think this is all reading into it way too much - not such a big deal how she says one word, especially as she normally says ‘Co’ the same way as ‘show’ when she’s presenting.
It looks like they moved the guest chair position this morning at the desk studio which looks slightly better as the guest looked cramped to the side of the desk before.
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London Lite post_id=33635 time= user_id=953 Wrote:It looks like they moved the guest chair position this morning at the desk studio which looks slightly better as the guest looked cramped to the side of the desk before.
If only they'd designed the desk for a guest... Every single iteration of this channel at a desk so far has the guest 'floating' some distance away from the desk. It just looks slightly awkward for them. Then again a hotel check-in desk isn't meant for guests to sit around and talk.
scottishtv post_id=33639 time= user_id=1012 Wrote:AlfieMulcahy post_id=33544 time= user_id=1048 Wrote:https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/142512...30304?s=19
approves Yoda of The Briefing Lunchtime.
The words are right there for a better programme name, but they went with the awkward, hard-to-say option.
The Morning Briefing/Lunchtime Briefing/Afternoon Briefing would've been much better!
Gusan post_id=33602 time= user_id=1644 Wrote:I've noticed on Michelle Dewberry's promo she changes her accent within two words.
She says the "Co." in Dewbs & Co. in a standard English accent then two words later the same vowel in "show" in her Hull accent.
I don't want to have a go at her, it's just something I couldn't help noticing
She has admitted to putting on 'her telephone voice' when presenting on air. Frankly I think it makes her come across as void of any personality.