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In these days of job cuts can someone explain to me when we watch the news on TV why there are usually 2 persons taking turns to read the latest news from a prompter, after all it's not exactly rocket science is it ?
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Hi Ron,
I recently watched the news in a different area of the UK to my homeland - where there was only one presenter.
For some reason, without there being a duo it felt quiet "cheap" and less engaging.
I imagine it is easier to be engaged with the duo because you've not only got the news narrative, but also the interactions between them adding a more human and "friendly" element.
I felt like I was being "Told" when there was one presenter, and like I was overhearing something interesting with the duo.
All the best,
Spare Ed
I recently watched the news in a different area of the UK to my homeland - where there was only one presenter.
For some reason, without there being a duo it felt quiet "cheap" and less engaging.
I imagine it is easier to be engaged with the duo because you've not only got the news narrative, but also the interactions between them adding a more human and "friendly" element.
I felt like I was being "Told" when there was one presenter, and like I was overhearing something interesting with the duo.
All the best,
Spare Ed
Hmmmmmmm................I thought I preferred 'old-style' news for exactly the reasons Ed mentions, but I've sat and ruminated and I think whilst Angela Rippon, Jan Leeming, Kenneth Kendal et al carried more authority or gravitas to their news-reading, there was an air of being 'told' and it felt exclusive.
However, in trying to be 'inclusive' some news-readers now impart a cringe-worthy and false bonhomie which irks me.
Although I don't watch it often, I think the Channel 4 evening news programme has it about right.
The BBC Breakfast programme, especially when presented by Bill and Sian or Kate Silverton is by far and away the best of the morning 'magazine-type' programmes.
However, in trying to be 'inclusive' some news-readers now impart a cringe-worthy and false bonhomie which irks me.
Although I don't watch it often, I think the Channel 4 evening news programme has it about right.
The BBC Breakfast programme, especially when presented by Bill and Sian or Kate Silverton is by far and away the best of the morning 'magazine-type' programmes.
There is no need for it, we only think it's normal and acceptable because we've got so used to it. There was nothing actually wrong with the old style - no-one at the time stood up and said "I feel too much like I'm being told!" And anyway, what's wrong with that? Why do we feel the need to "engage" on some vague level? It's bad enough that we get the now obligatory "Email, text or tweet us what YOU think." - cue the proles drivelling on just so they can get read out.
So far people here seem to like the BBC Breakfast pair but I find them annoyingly bland. But maybe people prefer anodyne soft gentle blandness that early in the morning. I can't bear the way one has to look all alertly at the other as they 'share' their lines. And then the little "Oh, Bill" moments - pass me the sick bucket.
I think the reason we now expect a nice man and lady to "engage" us in the news is possibly the same reason we now get travel and wildlife stuff spoon-fed to us like baby food by various celebs - Saving the White Rhino with That Bloke Off the Telly, etc. We can't accept informational or current affairs stuff anymore unless it comes from the faces of nice smiling couples or people out of soaps.
So far people here seem to like the BBC Breakfast pair but I find them annoyingly bland. But maybe people prefer anodyne soft gentle blandness that early in the morning. I can't bear the way one has to look all alertly at the other as they 'share' their lines. And then the little "Oh, Bill" moments - pass me the sick bucket.
I think the reason we now expect a nice man and lady to "engage" us in the news is possibly the same reason we now get travel and wildlife stuff spoon-fed to us like baby food by various celebs - Saving the White Rhino with That Bloke Off the Telly, etc. We can't accept informational or current affairs stuff anymore unless it comes from the faces of nice smiling couples or people out of soaps.
