23-07-2023, 04:02 PM
(23-07-2023, 02:42 PM)DTV Wrote: 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.
I 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.
I would suspect that the current editorial lean will be put under an increasing strain next year once the months of build-up to the US election begins, especially if (as looks likely) Rishi holds off on a GE until next autumn as well.