27-03-2023, 08:01 PM
(27-03-2023, 07:56 PM)Newsroom Wrote:I do find it ever-so-slightly suspect that the presenters chosen to stay on were nearly all World faces anyway. Maybe it just so happened that they performed the best in the recruitment process - I don't know - but on the face of it, it is certainly a little odd.(27-03-2023, 07:50 PM)oscillon Wrote: By no means I did mean that "they're out". I was just saying that if things stay as they are, the DC 'chosen' presenters will be on air less that 'non-chosen' Karishma Vaswani (who sometimes does all five Newsdays a week), unless they plan to utilize them during weekends as well.I really didn't suggest you did think 'they're out' - my choice of words.
Which begs the question as to what the whole Chief Presenter role is about.
I won't get started in the 'they're out' subject because I'm trying to avoid using foul language, but I will say I find the chosen 'Six' as a despicable act by the current BBC management. Almost, though not quite, possibly more grotesque than when they 'shelved' the last slew of top news talent when the Ivory/Lowe era commenced.
RE: talent being 'shelved' at the start of the Lowe era - I actually think the worse act was shunting Peter Sissons over to News 24 in 2003. I believe Michael Buerk left of his own accord, so fair enough - but I don't see why Huw couldn't have just slotted in where Buerk left off.