[mouseboy33]

Wow. Well having viewed the 3 launched programmes and read thru the posts. The response isnt good. I dont want beat up on the BBC. We all know they are in a budget crunch. We all know they do very good journalism. Unfortunately where is all falls apart is presenting that journalism for 2023. Sadly NewsNow, Verified Live, Daily Global aint it.

I hesitate to keep holding up CNN News Central as model for whats new and fresh, but frankly it has exceeded my expectations when it was announced. I thought it was going to be silly and gimmicky. And it turned out to be anything but.
These 3 new BBC News programmes have been utter disappointments to say the least. Verified Live is probably the most disappointing  of the three. I get where they were going with it. But its just a really confusing brand and the way its implemented. (It seems like it was a way to keep Ros Atkins on staff since his programme was cancelled.  Just a thought.) When I hear BBC Verify attached to report or a programmme, I think....is everything else UNVERIFIED? Which i know is not that case, but i just dont like the name. Maybe BBC Verify is not the best name. (I like the idea of it. It could be just the branding thats not working for me personally.)
But the Verified Live programme is a confusing mess. Same BBC theme, boring opening graphic, studio looks the same with BBC News Branding. It seems as thought they are trying to present a  "Live Stream" type of program. Showcasing breaking news and fresh incoming images and video  and then adding a single "BBC Verified" segment.

I watched the Matthew Amroliwala broadcast and I was less than impressed with it. Not to beat up on Mr Amroliwala , he is a fine journalist and broadcaster of course. So long as there is a autoscript available. If its unscripted breaking news you start getting the.hesitating,pauses.with.the.starts.and.stops.and.the frequent."indeed".used.every.other.word.

Sadly the BBC Verified segments are fine in their content, but I agree they arent presented very well. At all. The presentation space is just not good. Especially if this is supposed to be a premiere brand. The bad lighting, the 3 vertical screens on rolling carts and the fact it was recorded. Not good

Solution: Get Mr Amroliwala out of the set, have him present the newscast from a podium from the centre of the newsroom with all the noise and movement and cacophony of the BBC Newsroom. Instead having him strapped to the desk. He can walk to screens around the newsroom and even talk to correspondents in the newsroom. Then when they present a BBC Verify segment it should be presented live. Especially since the programme is called Verified LIVE....but it was recorded.

I dont understand why they cant create actual presentation areas for these segments. Some time and energy should be spent creating these broadcast ready locations. Instead of seemingly throwing up some screens on rolling carts and a locked down camera with badly placed lighting. Little effort on the presentation front for the premiere journalism of BBC News is not a good look. It needs to be presented better.

Sorry to rant a bit. But Im really frustrated with the merged BBC News channel.

And they said 1000 times "BBC Verify" over and over, like it was a big deal and it was just the one segment. That was confusing especially since the programme itself is called Verified LIVE.