[leewilliams]

Dont mind if it's genuine but with some posters it feels disingenuous. They're only complaining there's too much election coverage on the BBC because they can't complain there's not enough. Somewhere in the multiverse they're arguing the opposite.

I wasn’t being disingenuous at all; I genuinely believe there has been too much election TV coverage. We’ve had something like, what, 25 plus formal televised events (on all channels) over six weeks plus the daily news channel drumbeat of campaign events…how much more informed do people feel as a result? I’d wager not very much - and with entrants like The Sun doing their own leader interviews, many of these shows feel like they’ve been organised for brand enhancement and/or aggrandisement rather than any great service to democracy.

The point stands: a spin room is simply not good primetime viewing on BBC1. It’s news channel fodder. That is my view, you are very welcome to disagree as you have already done.