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discomog

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I've always been a bit of a news junky, a Radio 4 listener, watching BBC News 24 and reading the Washington Post online etc. Tuning in to the Government's daily Covid-19 update has been compulsive watching for me for the last couple of weeks. I particularly enjoy listening to the scientific and medical experts giving their take on the latest developments. But the one thing that really irritates me is when they hand over to journalists for their questions.

Am I the only Def 2 forum member who finds Robert Peston totally irritating - I just want to pick up my laptop and throw it in the garden pond. It's not only his manner and his supercilious attitude but one has to ask why would the BBC, then ITV employ him in the first place. He has a severe stress related stammer and his annoying intonation seems to be his coping mechanism for this. Why would the BBC, and later ITV, hire a newspaper journalist to become a broadcaster without even checking if he could speak under pressure.

As someone said - he has a face for radio and a voice for writing. Surely ITV could come up with someone else to front their questions. Defender 90XS SW
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7th Apr 2020 7:47am

Rashers

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Peston got his break by discovering the Bank melt downs and credit crunch. Up until then he was just another faceless reporter who worked for the BBC. He then got elevated up to heady heights through promotion to Business Editor. Then took the money and ran to ITV (I can't blame him for that!)

I was not unhappy when he moved to ITV as I don't watch ITV News very much. As you may realise from previous posts, I have a big issue with Journalists, especially Journalists whose egos become larger than the stories. Their job is to report. Instead they seem that they have to give their opinions which sadly, I am not interested in. I just need facts.

You are not the only one Discomog. My Father worked in Newspapers all his life (a compositor not a journalist) and he is a media junkie. He gave up reading newspapers years ago as the reporting was so poor and there were so many mistakes. He watches Sky News as a default. Even he is getting fed up with rude, incompetent, numpty journalists asked inane questions to experts that they know they cant answer. "When is the lock down going to be lifted?" How long is the piece of string? What a waste of breathe. Maybe they would be better interviewing Mystic Meg? They are also very good at asking questions which have just been answered by the experts. Just plainly embarrassing.

7th Apr 2020 8:40am

Joe the Plumber

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At the time, I felt Robert Peston's wholly pessimistic reporting actually contributed to the financial crash in 2008.

He's been known as 'Roger Doom' in our household ever since.

7th Apr 2020 11:02am

diesel_jim

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Same as Pears Moron.... he asks about 10 questions in a row, then when the other person starts to answer you can see him getting all hot under the collar because it's not him talking, so he just interrupts... such a cockwomble.

7th Apr 2020 11:04am

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
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No fan of Peston here either. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️

7th Apr 2020 12:24pm

Zed

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discomog wrote:
I've always been a bit of a news junky, a Radio 4 listener, watching BBC News 24 and reading the Washington Post online etc. Tuning in to the Government's daily Covid-19 update has been compulsive watching for me for the last couple of weeks. I particularly enjoy listening to the scientific and medical experts giving their take on the latest developments. But the one thing that really irritates me is when they hand over to journalists for their questions.

Am I the only Def 2 forum member who finds Robert Peston totally irritating - I just want to pick up my laptop and throw it in the garden pond. It's not only his manner and his supercilious attitude but one has to ask why would the BBC, then ITV employ him in the first place. He has a severe stress related stammer and his annoying intonation seems to be his coping mechanism for this. Why would the BBC, and later ITV, hire a newspaper journalist to become a broadcaster without even checking if he could speak under pressure.

As someone said - he has a face for radio and a voice for writing. Surely ITV could come up with someone else to front their questions.

I was saying the same to a mate who is a serious journo at the Telegraph. He reckoned Channel 4 news is the best for TV news journalism. After watching I have to agree. He also said they have nicknamed the daily Government Covid briefing Jackanory, which tickled me. WARNING.
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7th Apr 2020 1:09pm

Zed

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https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rvY3lD4iC/?igshid=pri0ptpqaoog WARNING.
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7th Apr 2020 7:26pm

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7th Apr 2020 7:30pm

Zed

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Heartening to see other countries coming to our aid. Germany flying stranded Brits home and donating 60 ventilators. Turkey sending us 250,000 items of PPE. WARNING.
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11th Apr 2020 1:50pm

custom90

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The USA has sent 200 Ventilators to London as well, as well as I believe 4 experts from the US to the Hospital Boris has been staying in. This was said about a week ago on Trumps speech, I think one of them was from Johnson & Johnson I believe.

No mention of this from the media, of which on Yougov survey's polling I believe a recent poll showed a -26% or similar figure of popularity for the media and journalist sector.
No surprise there, they've done little bar posting scare stories and often fake news as usual. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️

11th Apr 2020 2:00pm

Zed

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I read Trump said he would send 200 ventilators, which is extremely kind seeing as the US also so short of them. They themselves have received ventilator donations from Russia and China. Hopefully they will arrive soon.

I think Trump's offer of untested experimental malaria drugs and experts was politely declined. WARNING.
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11th Apr 2020 3:25pm

custom90

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Russia gave equipment to the US I believe too, as well as good wishes to our PM.

Beggars belief that China gave out faulty and contaminated testing kits..
I don’t believe a word of anything China says either.
They have been trying for years to undercut the economy of many many western counties around the world, as well as being a big polluter of very very toxic substances.

Anyone else think the same? ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️

11th Apr 2020 3:52pm

Zed

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I think the faulty kits China sent were replaced with working ones. They also sent us at least 300 ventilators.
As for trusting them? Not a chance. We know that China will overtake the US as the world's global power in the future but I'm sure they will use this opportunity to bring forward the timetable. Saying that, we in the West have gone out of our way to enable them by outsourcing our manufacturing, giving them huge government contracts and selling off our companies to them. WARNING.
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11th Apr 2020 4:06pm

ZeDefender

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I think we should just ignore China for now. Their numbers and attitudes are simply not credible.
We are all living the reality in Europe (and ex-Europe) and our scientists, thank God, are generally not politically motivated or silenced.
I was amazed at a press conference recently when a journalist (?) said that doctors were rationing oxygen and asked Hancock what the government were doing about it. His answer was exhaustive...problem is that it was just about the increase in the number of tests??? No-one picked it up

I honestly thought British politics was better than in the US - times of crisis show these things. Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...

11th Apr 2020 4:13pm

custom90

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Thing is though where was the so called World Health Organisation?

Where was the warnings? Trump mentioned this and also stopped direct travel from China back in January. But of course air travel being what it is, people went country to country instead.

Politicians aren’t health experts after all so where are they exactly in the international bodies? Nowhere it seems this time. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️

11th Apr 2020 4:37pm

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