On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> I tend to agree that without at least some unattributable quotes, you're > only getting a very one-sided part of the story. Yes, rely on them too > much, and you might just be reflecting those who have a bone to pick with > Williams. It then becomes a question of do I trust the writer? Did they go > around a collect as many different quotes from as many different people as > possible and draw them together in a sensible and defensible narrative? > > A couple of further thoughts do spring out from this > > - I do now begin to wonder whether if it's not such a completely daft idea > that Williams takes over from Jon Stewart, particularly as the current crop > of correspondents have either counted themselves out or have projects on > other networks? The real difficulty he might have would be alienating part > of his audience by having to be properly opinionated about politicians. I > want a Daily Show with a political edge, so I'd be surprised if it were to > go in another direction under a new host. > > - And a small UK point, but I'm not certain that ITV News ever "dominated > the ratings" as the story suggests. The numbers I've looked at suggest that > ITV has been behind the main BBC news programmes for some years now for > both the 6pm hour (when both go head to head, although the BBC has national > news at 6pm and local at 6.30pm whereas ITV does it the other way around), > and 10pm (when both newscasts again go head to head). > If we can believe the article in question (and for all the reasons cited here we may not, and it may be just the disgruntled trying to further undermine Williams's news cred), not only might Williams make a good TDS host, but it might be just the kind of job he is most interested in. In this scenario, there would be no fear of him pulling punches, since it would represent his voluntary career switch from journalism to entertainment (and yes, that trip is not as long as it used to be - partly because of Williams, which is the theme of this thread). I don't think the UK point is a small one here - the subtext of that story is that Deborah Turness was supposed to restore NBC's rating's dominance because she had done so in the UK with just the right mix of infotainment, and that the the warhorses at NBC News (Lauer and Williams) were resisting. If the story significantly overstated her success in the UK it would go a long way to undermining one of its main themes. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
