I can’t see it getting as much respect from the Government if it becomes more and more dominated by figures with links to the 2019 Brexit Party. The relationship will be more strained than what it was expected to be in the summer,
Ash101 post_id=39599 time= user_id=936 Wrote:Very interesting article from The Times. I'd be interested to see what happens with McCoy if he does leave, as he obviously won't be going back to the BBC but he seems like such a talent to waste not being on air. I think he is probably in the better place on GBN, because the Breakfast show is as far away from any of the what-ever-winged evening programmes & Kirsty isn't exactly politically aligned like Alex is.
Also crazy money being banded around for Piers Morgan. Going off the latest Popbitch email, it looks like News UK have signed Piers in some sort of tie in to a TV/talkRADIO situation. But I cannot see him signing for that if it is online only, so maybe they're going to stream roll right over GB News...
I was a big fan of McCoy before he left his helm at The BBC. He was well liked here, internally, and by us viewers. I doubt very much they'd have him back. Those who went to GBN are all tarnished. It'll be very difficult for Simon to find a home elsewhere after this utter disaster.
Ittr post_id=39594 time= user_id=1040 Wrote:I'm pretty certain a while ago on this forum, someone predicted that the channel would close down in a very ITV News Channel-style way [...]
https://youtu.be/RxGrn4TdC6o?t=110
Nana in the 6pm slot all this week covering for Dewbs. Much better slot for Nana compared to being hidden away on Weekends at 3pm!!
So disappointing but not surprising. I believe Neil is one of the best journalists in the country but it may have been a mistake to pull double duty as a boss and a presenter. It may have been better if he'd stuck to one role.
I hope that GB News isn't a flash in the pan. It has made a refreshing change to the familiar pattern of BBC etc.
Hope Simon stays.
Newsroom post_id=39645 time= user_id=1342 Wrote:And here it is! #BYEFELICIA - there was only so much he could take.
https://twitter.com/afneil/status/143745...71460?s=21
Bit laughable describing himself as "lead presenter" when he's been away from the channel around 5 times longer than he was actually there.
Newsroom post_id=39652 time= user_id=1342 Wrote:I was a big fan of McCoy before he left his helm at The BBC. He was well liked here, internally, and by us viewers. I doubt very much they'd have him back. Those who went to GBN are all tarnished. It'll be very difficult for Simon to find a home elsewhere after this utter disaster.
Considering his pre-launch interviews for GB News, I'd be very suprised if the BBC wanted him back, he burned his bridges.
But then considering Andrew Neil is on Question Time tonight, I could be suprised....
James2001 post_id=39697 time= user_id=956 Wrote:Considering his pre-launch interviews for GB News, I'd be very suprised if the BBC wanted him back, he burned his bridges.
Even though he was very popular at the BBC, I can't see him going back to BBC News, as you say the bridges are burnt and no-one wants to leave somewhere and then return a few months later with their tail between their legs.
I could see him popping up there in a couple of years presenting a daytime quiz show.
Do you really think McCoy has burnt his bridges with the Big British Castle?
Everyone there has nothing but warmth for him when he left and I don’t recall him speaking down on the BBC in particular. I’m not saying he’d want to go back, nor that he definitely could, but I wouldn’t say it was a particularly disagreeable exit.
Joe post_id=39720 time= user_id=1035 Wrote:Do you really think McCoy has burnt his bridges with the Big British Castle?
Everyone there has nothing but warmth for him when he left and I don’t recall him speaking down on the BBC in particular. I’m not saying he’d want to go back, nor that he definitely could, but I wouldn’t say it was a particularly disagreeable exit.
I don't think BBC News would hire, as a newsreader or correspondent, someone who openly stated they voted for Brexit, and described themselves as 'Not a leftie BBC journalist".
Joe post_id=39720 time= user_id=1035 Wrote:Do you really think McCoy has burnt his bridges with the Big British Castle?
Everyone there has nothing but warmth for him when he left and I don’t recall him speaking down on the BBC in particular. I’m not saying he’d want to go back, nor that he definitely could, but I wouldn’t say it was a particularly disagreeable exit.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06...ted-leave/
He said he wasn't a "leftie BBC journalist" which I imagine some people might not appreciate, the accusation that the BBC is inherently left-wing or that its journalists are, or any sort of implication one could derive from that.
Nonetheless, and the same goes for Andrew Neil, I doubt the BBC will find it especially difficult for either McCoy or Neil to return to the BBC in some capacity, though I doubt in the same capacity they had when they left. And I'd certainly hope not, especially with Neil, who has dominated political broadcast news for some 20 years. Now's the time for others to have their time at the forefront, in my opinion.
I'd imagine with Neil at least he'll be a regular guest on GB News (until its eventual closure) whilst popping up here and there on the BBC, a Question Time appearance or whatever.
I’d missed those comments I think, so that probably alters things, yes.
Well he left for a rival in a fairly high profile way, and then given an interview where he came clear about his political views. I don't see how he could return to doing what he did.
I don't think he'd want to - going back somewhere with your tail between your legs is never good no matter how amicable the exit was. And of course if there was even a position for him he'd be paid a lot less - you don't leave and expect to return as you left off
I can see David Maddox, the editor of the Sunday Express, being a future presenter hire (He has appeared as a guest).