09-03-2023, 09:47 PM
I haven't posted since the Monday join up fully began but I have caught some of the output.
What I saw at around 3pm today was very much a 'mixed bag'. There's also issues with how some of the stories are scripted or where the scripts have been lifted from.
When I was watching they covered HS2, the UK snow and another story about childcare costs in Britain.
The HS2 story was clearly written for a 'World' audience as it went into microscopic detail about where the HS2 line would run 'in England' and where say Oxford was in relation to London. If that was going out last week on news channel, it's unlikely the presenter would've gone into that much detail. There were also references to 'the UK government'. They interviewed a guest and he was intro'd and astoned as 'xxx joins us from Oxford in the UK/Oxford, UK).
The next story was either lifted from the One or written for a UK audience only and covered the snow. The presenter detailed the locations where the snow was. They mentioned Penrith, Flintshire and Powys with no reference about the last 2 of those locations being in Wales. They crossed to a reporter 'in the North of England' - turned out he was in Cumbria and went on to mention a couple of other locations which most of the World audience watching wouldn't have had a clue where they were.
The children's story referenced 'the UK government' and other terms which wouldn't have been included on the News channel only.
So, mixed in with the running order difficulties there's also lurches in the scripting (or it not being tweaked) which is quite jarring too.
What I saw at around 3pm today was very much a 'mixed bag'. There's also issues with how some of the stories are scripted or where the scripts have been lifted from.
When I was watching they covered HS2, the UK snow and another story about childcare costs in Britain.
The HS2 story was clearly written for a 'World' audience as it went into microscopic detail about where the HS2 line would run 'in England' and where say Oxford was in relation to London. If that was going out last week on news channel, it's unlikely the presenter would've gone into that much detail. There were also references to 'the UK government'. They interviewed a guest and he was intro'd and astoned as 'xxx joins us from Oxford in the UK/Oxford, UK).
The next story was either lifted from the One or written for a UK audience only and covered the snow. The presenter detailed the locations where the snow was. They mentioned Penrith, Flintshire and Powys with no reference about the last 2 of those locations being in Wales. They crossed to a reporter 'in the North of England' - turned out he was in Cumbria and went on to mention a couple of other locations which most of the World audience watching wouldn't have had a clue where they were.
The children's story referenced 'the UK government' and other terms which wouldn't have been included on the News channel only.
So, mixed in with the running order difficulties there's also lurches in the scripting (or it not being tweaked) which is quite jarring too.