Just watched the interview that BBC Olympics Presenter Mishal Husain done with PM David Cameron, regarding funding for future Olympic games. (BBC ONE)
Possibly due to media conditioning, Ms. Husain has this morning, become one of the most annoying interviewers I've ever watched. She is negative, argumentative, disrespectful and interruptive. As a journalist myself, watching her interview the PM made me want to switch channels and get away from her annoying, incessant questions. Talking about funding and the government's plans is meant to be a boost to the sports industry, and if it's the current plan that's working, why not just follow up in the next few years with similar sports funding? I didn't agree that it should be a point to contest; I'm clearly not as argumentative as Ms. Husain, but shouldn't she shed a bit more positive light on the issue, rather than try to slate it? She should take some advice from the wonderful Claire Balding - knowledgeable, succinct, objective, clear and positive - a great example of what a good presenter should be!
The media in the UK definitely needs more positivity and a sense of understanding that negativity does not always produce sensational news; rather it may generate more disapproval and dislike of the ethics of the media.
