23-08-2023, 10:35 AM
I still think having a familiar, trusted face delivering the news is important and helps build a news service’s reputation.
Anecdotally, my husband, who isn’t a pres geek at all, the other day commented that he’d ‘given up’ on the BBC News Channel. One of the reasons being every time he switched on there’d be someone he’d never seen before reading the news.
I appreciate we’re all different, and some might not care who’s presenting, but the current ‘any Tom, Dick or Harry’ approach doesn’t suggest the BBC is putting its best presenters on air to front the channel. It just makes it feel like they don’t care, and anyone will do.
Anecdotally, my husband, who isn’t a pres geek at all, the other day commented that he’d ‘given up’ on the BBC News Channel. One of the reasons being every time he switched on there’d be someone he’d never seen before reading the news.
I appreciate we’re all different, and some might not care who’s presenting, but the current ‘any Tom, Dick or Harry’ approach doesn’t suggest the BBC is putting its best presenters on air to front the channel. It just makes it feel like they don’t care, and anyone will do.