[Closed] Random questions that drift into your head while watching the news...

I don't know the answer, by the way.

I'm going with... a lot!

When it comes to Fiona Bruce, I often wonder if she's wearing ............

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..a suicide vest?

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'How many idiots are taken in by this painfully obvious unimpartial and blatantly biased reporting?'

At least one on this thread, already... 😆

Of MPs being "interviewed" by TV news reporters..:

why don't you ask a question, rather than lead them to say what they want?
Why haven't you done any research?
why are not asking him/her questions they can't answer with patronising guff
why are you letting him/her answer with patronising guff...

What if they'd been desperately searching for Alan's Snack Bar and someone misheard it?

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Why do they hand over to someone 'on the scene' long after 'the thing' that happened has finished or the office of the person who did 'the thing' has closed. They cannot tell you any more what happened than if they were standing next to you.

Not Fiona Bruce. Too skinny and snooty for my taste.

Oh, I've got another one....

Are North Face jackets absolutely compulsory when reporting on any floods, or high winds in the UK? Are BBC reporters actually issued with them? Like a uniform?

ah, North Face are so yesterday, Rab is where it's at for the go getter reporter on the up these days...

Today it was "why do they bother interviewing gove and then report on the interview?"

Why don't they ask the anti-runway campaigners if they have flown somewhere nice for their holidays recently ?

Seeing as binners mentioned jihadis, why was the news making a big deal out of European jihadi escapes from Mosul when I'd have thought it would be reasonably likely that anyone found by the peshmerga who isn't an Iraqi Arab or Kurd will be shot out of hand?

If Stephen Dixon is the most irritating news presenter that ever lived.

Why do political reporters do all their reporting from a lawn across the road from Westminster? I can sort of understand why a weather reporter would be sent to stand outside but is political news somehow fresher if its reported in the open air?
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Today it was "why do they bother interviewing gove and then report on the interview?"

My brother's ex once recorded a radio interview with William Hague and didn't realise til the end that she hadn't pressed record. She was about to apologise and ask him to do it again.... then she decided she'd rather pretend she hadn't noticed til he'd gone a's she couldn't bear the tedium of listening to him twice. We need more of that sort of spirit in journalism!

Why exactly are we "going live" to somewhere where something happened some hours ago/might happen some hours in the future/hasn't actually happened thought it was thought it might have ?

Autumnwatch..

Chris & Michaela, seem to have an endless supply of fashionable outdoor wear, never wear the same thing twice and often 9.3 layers.. y'know cos it's cold like.

Which brings me on to Michaela.. is she wearing....... under that lot?

Kamal Ahmed and Robert Peston, WHY and HOW

Channel 4 newscasters being drama queen/king by presenting the news with upward inflection/intonation ...

that stupid one late evening on the bbc news channel where the presenter pretends to press a big button on a supposedly touch screen TV. called 'in touch' or some such NONSENSE!
or where that other other guy presents the bbc news from singapore (or somewhere) with a funny accent where he sounds irrepressibly annoyingly chirpy and includes lots of 'foreign' news (lol) that is completely irrelevant.

I like it on 5=LIVE when they interview some Herbert who didn't actually see what the reporter was there to report on.

[I]So tell me Dwight, what was your view of the mass shooting?

Errr... I wasn't in The Mall, I just came out to see why the crowds were here.[/i]

Not Fiona Bruce. Too skinny and snooty for my taste.

Posh women who talk dirty, though.......... you know what I mean?

Not that I'm insinuating she would ever talk dirty 😳

On a more serious note, the thing that immediately makes me switch the telly or radio off is when the reporter then asks the correspondent what they think. Yep, they are having to interview each other about their opinions because they haven't got anything more tangible to go on. I don't give a shit what the correspondent thinks, they are there to report the news, not make it up by speculating!

Never wear green whilst reciting the cue card..

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Why the need to show out of focus library clips of a classroom for educational stories, or in focus shots of shoes in a corridor? We all know what a school is like and a fuzzy clip doesn't help!

jekkyl - Member
or where that other other guy presents the bbc news from singapore (or somewhere) with a funny accent where he sounds irrepressibly annoyingly chirpy and includes lots of 'foreign' news (lol) that is completely irrelevant.

I quite like that international news for quick summary of news from my part of the world but I don't trust them.

That's the Filipino bloke Rico Hizon and I think they have some new persons presenting as well.

If "referendums" are the new way of deciding the UKs political direction, what actual is the point of our politicians???

bikebouy - Member
When it comes to Fiona Bruce, I often wonder if she's wearing ............

Indeed sir, indeed - but more so Sophie Raworth.......

The question I ask myself most when watching the news is "honestly, how the fsck did we elect this shower of idiots?"

"When does the news programme start"?

Why do political reporters do all their reporting from a lawn across the road from Westminster? I can sort of understand why a weather reporter would be sent to stand outside but is political news somehow fresher if its reported in the open air?

This is my question about 95% of outside broadcasts.

Weather - no need for OB unless the report is about what the weather is like RIGHT there, RIGHT now. Which it rarely is except in terrible conditions where they want TV like in the gif.
Politics - surely they can go indoors to interview a politician. Reporting on the day in westminster standing outside parliament doesn't bring anything to the table
General news - as above but even more stupid. I lost track of the number of times I saw camera crews in a car park at a Heathrow hotel by the runway reporting on generic holiday related news. The proximity of the runway made it harder to do the news, not more pertinent.
Sports news - Standing outside empty stadium reporting on new team signing/sacking/whatever. Understand it if they've been there for a press conf but otherwise, idiotic.

If the BBC (and other channels) want to save money, surely rather than closing radio stations etc, they'd be better advised to just cut a load of their outside broadcasts.

Autumnwatch..

Chris & Michaela, seem to have an endless supply of fashionable outdoor wear, never wear the same thing twice and often 9.3 layers.. y'know cos it's cold like.

Not true. Michaela was wearing a sap green quilted jacket through at least 3 seasons of <season>watch. I know 'cos Nicorette was scouring the shops for ages trying to find one like it. Now she's got one and Michaela has finally changed and got a red quilted jacket.

y'know cos it's cold like.

A lot of 'off the record' chats happen on the lawn outside parliament so I can see the merit of a political reporter being in that general area to get first hand views and opinions from those closer to the action

I struggle when they interview Barry outside Greggs on Skelmersdale High Street on what his view is on interest rates or economic downturn. I couldn't give a toss what Barry thinks.

Why do we never hear about the unorganised crime gangs and their hilarious mishaps?

"How the **** did we get into this situation?"

"Is this all a nightmare?"

"What the **** is wrong with people in this country?"

bad i know..

these refugees/immigrants in the calais jungle if they are rioting and breaking the law (i know its a small minority), then should they even be allowed into the UK, we have enough criminals already..

"How the * did we get into this situation?"

"Is this all a nightmare?"

"What the * is wrong with people in this country?"

the answers to all these questions are usually provided by....

I struggle when they interview Barry outside Greggs on Skelmersdale High Street on what his view is on interest rates or economic downturn. I couldn't give a toss what Barry thinks.

I struggle when they interview Barry outside Greggs on Skelmersdale High Street on what his view is on interest rates or economic downturn. I couldn't give a toss what Barry thinks.

Yes - this is depressing, annoying, difficult to listen to and a whole load of other negatives.

My most often asked interal question is 'where the hell is Lyse Doucet actually from?' Cannot figure out her accent at all.

The question I ask myself most when watching the news is "honestly, how the fsck did we elect this shower of idiots?

+1 I am amazed that nobody has rumbled the fact they they are clueless as to whats going on. They seem unaccountable to anyone and the majority seem a bit dodgy.

My most often asked interal question is 'where the hell is Lyse Doucet actually from?' Cannot figure out her accent at all.

Canada. For what it's worth, the small number of French Canadians I've met had similarly odd accents when speaking English.

I wonder the same with Orla Guerin, or rather given I've never heard that surname before is she any relation to PBS Andy.

And of the Fiona Bruce / Sophie Raworth question. No, they aren't. And they know you know it, and they love it.

My news bugbear (ok, more of a wish) is the bit where they say something like 'A Met Police spokesman said that......' and then they cut to the Met Police spokesman, who proceeds to not say what the news say they said, but say something different but which is basically the same.

eg:

A met police spokesman said that the gunman had been detained after a short siege, and no hostages were hurt.

And then the spokesman says. "There was a brief siege situation during which armed officers talked to the gunman, as a result of which he was persuaded to release the hostages unharmed and give himself up for arrest"

I just want the spokesman to say exactly what was said, for once. If they can't report something they have on tape accurately, what hope do we have when there's interpretation?? 😉

I did think French Canadian (then I googled it anyway) but she doens't sound like other French Canadians I've heard. Almost like she's tried to acquire a posh New England accent whilst being French Canadian.

I se Michaela's green Arctertyx came out of the wardrobe tonight.

Is Laura Bicker happier being a US correspondent than when she was the sacrificial grim weather reporter getting battered on some grim bit of Ayrshire coast.

Oh and yes on the Fiona Bruce questions too

I'm off for a cold shower..

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It's radio Scotland, why are you telling me English premiership results?. I can get that on the national stations....

Why can't Helia Ebrahimi have her own show? Or at least take over from Tory Girl Cathy Newman?

I'm old enough to remember when the News told you what had happened earlier and the weather forecast told you what it was going to be like tomorrow.
Now the News tells us the text of the speech somebody's going to make later and the weather guy talks about what a chilly old month we've just had.

Bring back Richard Pritchard and Katie Tate

Why is the ITV news presented like its some kind of children's story time?

Why is the ITV news presented like its some kind of children's story time?

Why is the ITV news presented like its some kind of children's story time?

The ITV news is positively intellectual compared to the ITV weather which is delivered entirely in emojis, like a 12 year old girls text messages.

Kate Silverton 😳

Thank you - some genuine coffee and keyboard moments ^

On the Fiona and Sopie question, don't forget that Huw's nickname among costume is Commando! Urrgrh

Kamal Ahmed and Robert Peston, WHY and HOW

Plus one. Both way out of their depth with basic flaws in their understanding of economics. Bring back Stephanie the naughty one.

My main thought £400k plus......really to read an autocue?!?!?

As I sit here, entranced by Naga Munchetty
Charlie and Tom from Keane have a tiny face-off.
Steph thinks the economy will be fine
And Carol says the weather will be too.

But then the bonhomie is shattered
As we pause for the local news.
Its not even in HD?!?!!
Local murders in 480p.

I switch over to sky news.
That was a mistake...
**** you Rupert,
**** you.

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My brother's ex once recorded a radio interview with William Hague and didn't realise til the end that she hadn't pressed record. She was about to apologise and ask him to do it again.... then she decided she'd rather pretend she hadn't noticed til he'd gone a's she couldn't bear the tedium of listening to him twice. We need more of that sort of spirit in journalism!