05-11-2023, 07:00 PM
They don’t, and even Channel 4 News isn’t the same. I also didn’t mean to mock ITV News, I hope I didn’t come across that way, but I was reminded of a W1A joke and couldn’t resist!
Yes, ITV do good work with the Tonight programme and domestic news. Channel 4 News is quite good for world news and analysis, but neither are quite like Newsnight.
The BBC’s own NC, as a now-global service, also has a different slant to bulletins and Newsnight so it is madness to think about curtailing those. A revamped 10 incorporating elements of Newsnight could work - but why do that and end up pushing regional news too late into the evening when Newsnight works better on BBC Two?
I hesitate to say it, but if they did axe Newsnight, the BBC would also be casting about for an extra few hours a week of “premium, UK-facing content” for the NC too!
Yes, ITV do good work with the Tonight programme and domestic news. Channel 4 News is quite good for world news and analysis, but neither are quite like Newsnight.
The BBC’s own NC, as a now-global service, also has a different slant to bulletins and Newsnight so it is madness to think about curtailing those. A revamped 10 incorporating elements of Newsnight could work - but why do that and end up pushing regional news too late into the evening when Newsnight works better on BBC Two?
I hesitate to say it, but if they did axe Newsnight, the BBC would also be casting about for an extra few hours a week of “premium, UK-facing content” for the NC too!