And You Thought Q.t. Couldn't Get Any Worse

[Khandro]

https://order-order.com/2018/12/07/fiona-bruce-new-question-time-presenter/

[emmie]

there plenty of women out there who could do the job, but they have chosen her.

[Tilly2]

Fiona Bruce is no bimbo. I just hope that she has the gravitas to control the unruly panellists and audience.

[Tilly2]

She applied, along with others, and got the job.

[murraymints]

just someone to conduct and control the proceedings really..doesn't require in depth political awareness or knowledge

[Spicerack]

Some other women don't like her much.(because she loves herself, I was told)
Then one day I saw a photo of her when she was a teenager. She must have given herself, underwent, an enormous makeover at some stage.
So if she does preen at the camera a bit I think she deserves to be cut a bit of slack.

[Spicerack]

Hard to believe she could be any worse than the dreadful Dimbledum.

[Hopkirk]

She's not just a pretty face, she's an experienced journalist.

[Zacs-Master]

I think Khandro would like QT’s presenter to be a little edgier. And male, possibly.

[murraymints]

Paul O'Grady would be my choice !! lol...

[Khandro]

There is no doubt that the best person by far would be Andrew Neil, but he's a little too far to the right of centre for the Beeb's left wing, liberal, feminist agenda.

[ichkeria]

She was in a punk band in her early days Spicey (so says Wikipedia)

[ichkeria]

Andrew Neill presents or used to present a politics program on the BBC! I agree that he is a brilliant interviewer.

[Hopkirk]

Sue Lawley had a song about her.

[Spicerack]

Hopkirk //She's not just a pretty face, she's an experienced journalist.//

You must be thinking of Angela Rippon.

[Khandro]

I have anecdotal evidence that on the sets of Antique Roadshows she storms around with a frosty face ignoring everyone and refusing to be approached, but as soon as a camera points at her she produces that famous 'sweetness and light' smile which she has mastered, and is completely false.

[Zacs-Master]

Anecdotal evidence. A verbose way of saying ‘gossip’.

[jim360]

Andrew Neil presents two separate BBC political programmes, and has done for 15 years. How exactly does that square with this "left-wing feminist agenda" stuff?

[Khandro]

Zacs; //Anecdotal evidence. A verbose way of saying ‘gossip’.//

No, told by an eye-witness

Jim. It may have escaped you, but during the last 15 years the BBC has changed beyond recognition, 'auntie' is long dead. Andrew Neil just doesn't fit the current agenda.

[jim360]

Then he would have been replaced already. But he hasn't.

It's worth bearing in min that left-wing commentators tend to view the BBC as being blatantly biased in favour of the right. No doubt this is errant nonsense, but the same is true of your own claims. The problem is slightly more perverse: the BBC tries to be politically balanced, but apparently thinks that the way to achieve this is to present every issue as evenly split own the middle. This is almost always wrong -- hence the perception of bias, when one side or another that deserves greater representation doesn't get it.

[Kromovaracun]

The biggest problem with QT isn't political balance. They're still pretty even handed when it comes to presenting Labour-Tory-Third Party, which is arguably more important (not to mention easier) than representing the issue of the day right down the middle as well.

The biggest problem on QT is the behaviour of the panelists using every sentence to desperately chase for applause from the audience.