Why interview members of the public

[emmie]

whenever you see a roving reporter on TV, they try and get people's
opinion on whatever topic, no problem with that idea, its just that they
rarely get people who seem to know anything about the
subject, perhaps its just to get their face on tv, don't know.

[Prudie]

Is it because the majority of people don't know anything about lots of subjects? Don't know!

[askyourgran]

I agree em10, me and MrA were on our way back from a hospital appointment in the middle of Leeds, it had been a bit gruelling for him. A reporter walked up to us and shoved his microphone under our noses and asked what we thought would solve the problem of street disturbances, yobs etc. This was for live local radio. Rather than tell him to f***off... being on live radio I rambled on off the top of my head about more police presence and making their parents take more responsibility. Lord knows what I must have sounded like to the radio listeners. Most embarrassing it was.

[Buenchico]

They don't need to go out on the street to get duff interviews. Do you remember where someone directed a cab driver into a BBC studio and they ended up interviewing him, on air, in the belief that he was an internet expert?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4D8w2v7IB8

[emmie]

sorry if its not worded correctly, apologies, i was trying to be diplomatic, and thinking about it too much.

[emmie]

I do, and the poor man looked shell shocked. I was watching channel 4 news, and it seemed as though he couldn't have got a more challenging lot if he tried.