12-04-2024, 12:39 PM
(12-04-2024, 12:17 PM)Brekkie Wrote: News priorities are an odd thing though - the main headline on the One yesterday (a man being charged with murder) didn't even make the six or so headlines they had on the Ten.15/20 years ago, the stereotypical view of editorial judgement was that the BBC decided a story's place on the running order based on its political/geopolitical/social impact, while ITV and Sky decided more based on how interested their viewers would be. Obviously a bit of a simplification and the BBC's 'elitist' editorial judgement peak was very much behind it by the mid-2000s (as well as always varying between programmes), but it does feel that the broadcasters have nearly met somewhat in the middle since then - ITV and Sky are definitely more newsy and less tabloidy than they were in the 2000s, while the BBC does noticeably prioritise certain types of story (particularly celebrity, media-related) more than they once would have done.
Newsnight itself does feel a bit like it's gone in that direction too - I suspect part of this is down to the subconscious noticing of their downscaling of their foreign affairs and non-US international politics stuff in the middle of the 2010s - but they certainly have gained a more 'populist' streak in recent years - crime and celebrity will get covered, while they've also developed that obsession with Question Time-style 'on the road' episodes. At the minute, it does feel very hard to give the 'news value' crown to anybody but Channel 4 News.