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Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - Brekkie - 28-03-2022
I do think she's better suited to events than a straight newsreading role. Would be interesting to see her trialled on Newsnight now she isn't getting the Subday job.
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - TVFan - 28-03-2022
She’s better of sticking to newsreading. She doesn’t have the gravitas to ask hard hitting questions to politicians, etc.
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - XIII - 29-03-2022
MrUdagawa post_id=75312 time= user_id=1184 Wrote:XIII post_id=75297 time= user_id=894 Wrote:Kuenssberg would be my choice as well.
Will be interesting how she handles the non political stuff. Marr was very into the arts but I don't get that impression from Laura.
They might ditch the arts section. It says a new look and format so there's nothing to say they have to do that if it's not within Laura's comfort zone. Maybe instead of the arts per se, they could do something along the lines of the fluffier stuff they do on Newscast which Laura is very good at - that would add a little light and shade.
I don't listen or watch Newscast but what is the fluff they talk about?
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - Newsroom - 29-03-2022
TVFan post_id=75387 time= user_id=868 Wrote:She’s better of sticking to newsreading. She doesn’t have the gravitas to ask hard hitting questions to politicians, etc.
Huh? I think that's exactly what she's doing and will be doing on Sunday Morning until it comes off air. She's been given heaps of praise for her interviewing technique and she certainly has gravitas.
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - Brekkie - 31-03-2022
Seems Laura steps down as Political Editor this week. Is someone taking on the role on an interim basis?
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - bananaman - 31-03-2022
[quote=Brekkie post_id=75906 time= user_id=976]
Seems Laura steps down as Political Editor this week. Is someone taking on the role on an interim basis?
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - boddington - 31-03-2022
Her "leaving" party was last night according to today's London Evening Standard diary column - it went on late into the night.
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - GraemeT - 03-04-2022
Clive Myrie on today in for Sophie
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - AJB39 - 03-04-2022
[quote=Brekkie post_id=75906 time= user_id=976]
Seems Laura steps down as Political Editor this week. Is someone taking on the role on an interim basis?
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - W1LL - 03-04-2022
The Sunday Times reporting today that Chris Mason is back in the running for Political Editor.
Would definitely be a good appointment.
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - Scrotnig - 03-04-2022
W1LL post_id=76774 time= user_id=1046 Wrote:The Sunday Times reporting today that Chris Mason is back in the running for Political Editor.I agree, he’d be a great appointment, he’s one of the BBC’s real talents.
Would definitely be a good appointment.
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - all new Phil - 03-04-2022
Scrotnig post_id=76776 time= user_id=2047 Wrote:Not sure his style is right to be honest. Great at what he does, but he’s quite intellectual / nerdy (that’s not a bad thing!) and I think they need someone a bit more relatable to a wider audience. Sophy Ridge still gets my vote.W1LL post_id=76774 time= user_id=1046 Wrote:The Sunday Times reporting today that Chris Mason is back in the running for Political Editor.I agree, he’d be a great appointment, he’s one of the BBC’s real talents.
Would definitely be a good appointment.
Edit: Also need to consider the optics of them getting down to a final 2 female candidates (one of which of colour), before turning them both down in favour of a white male. I don’t think they’ll do this.
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - Spencer - 03-04-2022
all new Phil post_id=76778 time= user_id=865 Wrote:Scrotnig post_id=76776 time= user_id=2047 Wrote:Not sure his style is right to be honest. Great at what he does, but he’s quite intellectual / nerdy (that’s not a bad thing!) and I think they need someone a bit more relatable to a wider audience. Sophy Ridge still gets my vote.W1LL post_id=76774 time= user_id=1046 Wrote:The Sunday Times reporting today that Chris Mason is back in the running for Political Editor.I agree, he’d be a great appointment, he’s one of the BBC’s real talents.
Would definitely be a good appointment.
Not sure about that. I think he’s got quite an individual style which makes him stand out in the same way as Andrew Marr and Nick Robinson did in the role, and Peston does at ITV. I also think someone who’s a bit less heavily styled and looks less like a conventional rugged reporter makes him a lot more relatable. And there are a lot of geeks out there. :lol:
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - all new Phil - 03-04-2022
Spencer post_id=76780 time= user_id=891 Wrote:Not entirely sure you can say someone has an individual style, before comparing him with 2 of the previous 3 holders of the post and the current ITV political editor…all new Phil post_id=76778 time= user_id=865 Wrote:Scrotnig post_id=76776 time= user_id=2047 Wrote:I agree, he’d be a great appointment, he’s one of the BBC’s real talents.Not sure his style is right to be honest. Great at what he does, but he’s quite intellectual / nerdy (that’s not a bad thing!) and I think they need someone a bit more relatable to a wider audience. Sophy Ridge still gets my vote.
Not sure about that. I think he’s got quite an individual style which makes him stand out in the same way as Andrew Marr and Nick Robinson did in the role, and Peston does at ITV. I also think someone who’s a bit less heavily styled and looks less like a conventional rugged reporter makes him a lot more relatable. And there are a lot of geeks out there. :lol:
Laura Kuenssberg to take over Marr Slot - House - 03-04-2022
all new Phil post_id=76784 time=1648994707 user_id=865 Wrote:Spencer post_id=76780 time= user_id=891 Wrote:Not entirely sure you can say someone has an individual style, before comparing him with 2 of the previous 3 holders of the post and the current ITV political editor…all new Phil post_id=76778 time= user_id=865 Wrote:Not sure his style is right to be honest. Great at what he does, but he’s quite intellectual / nerdy (that’s not a bad thing!) and I think they need someone a bit more relatable to a wider audience. Sophy Ridge still gets my vote.
Not sure about that. I think he’s got quite an individual style which makes him stand out in the same way as Andrew Marr and Nick Robinson did in the role, and Peston does at ITV. I also think someone who’s a bit less heavily styled and looks less like a conventional rugged reporter makes him a lot more relatable. And there are a lot of geeks out there. :lol:
No I think what Spencer’s saying makes sense. Compared to many political correspondents Chris Mason has his own style that separates him. Chris comes across as a very down-to-Earth, everyday kind of chap, while nerdy and intellectual. Chris always describes issues like an excited university lecturer would - an outsider who’s fascinated by politics, and wants you to be too.
In contrast Laura Kuenssberg often comes across a bit more like a football pundit maybe, or a market trader on CNBC. In other words, someone who sees it all as a sport that she’s a part of, even if she isn’t aligned with any particular party or winner. Nick Robinson, while seeming nerdier like Chris, similarly reported like he was on the inside rather than outside looking in. He still does in his political interviews on Today.
The comparison isn’t so much that Chris is like Nick, Andrew or Robert, but rather that they each have a distinctive style and personality that makes them stand out in their reporting. A bit like comparing Paxman to Gavin Esler, or John Humphreys to Martha Kearney.
Political Editor is expected to have a style, or a personality, to their reporting. I think Chris would be great. Interested, though, that they’ve had an open and transparent recruitment process internally and externally, and then appear to be considering someone else right at the last minute. Makes you wonder if they just didn’t like the applicants they got, or if the ones they did have withdrawn.