23-07-2023, 02:42 PM
(23-07-2023, 01:59 PM)Radio_man Wrote: On your first paragraph here - Martine made this point on twitter last autumn when the plans were first announced - of course managers and the official press releases disputed it was a closure of the UK News Channel and a World takeover, but Martine was ultimately right.Honestly, the persistence of this 'it's a rebadged World News' view is just so bizarre. Sure, it's formatted more as per World News, but, during 'core' UK hours, it is far closer in terms of editorial lean to the old News channel than World News - UK news, including some incredibly parochial stories, lead about 50% of the time, with UK politics in particular adequately covered.
(23-07-2023, 02:14 PM)interestednovice Wrote: Other cutbacks have also had an impact, with stories repeated more due to fewer reports being producedI would be surprised if the hour-to-hour repeating of reports has gone up - I suspect it's just more noticeable due to the slower pace. The News channel was always fairly similar one hour to the next, it was only ever World News during its stranded heyday (2007-15) when you really saw particularly changing news agendas hour-to-hour.
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