11-02-2023, 05:42 PM
(11-02-2023, 01:50 PM)London Lite Wrote: You don't hear Charlene on ITV News giving her opinion on a news story during that programme, while Olivia will one minute provide factual information and then her opinion afterwards. That's where the the issue of her role blurs.This is no different to GMB in the Piers era. The show would start with a highly opinionated Piers rant, often lasting up to 10 minutes, with the background sometimes absolutely plastered in ITV News branding. Immediately after the rant was over, he would read the day's top news story in an impartial manner with Susanna.
It's strange how the monologues and opinion content on GB News is so highly criticised on this forum, when GMB were doing very similar just a few years ago. I wasn't a fan of Piers on GMB towards the end, but this style of content worked well for the programme in terms of ratings, and received far less criticism than GB News.