05-05-2023, 04:40 PM
(05-05-2023, 01:49 AM)oscillon Wrote:(04-05-2023, 07:38 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Although we're in a situation where the BBC is hiring Irish talent to present from Washington having axed or demoted virtually all of their UK News Channel talent.
Looks like they had a hard time urging presenters from London to move to DC...
It was openly advertised. This is a commercial BBC World hire.
None of the dropped presenters have any of the Washington experience she has and none have been the permanent host of a main evening news programme. She has interviewed every US president since Clinton and has many contacts there. Basically she is in a different league.