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.
Spot on. It was appalling and totally inappropriate!
ReplyDeleteI just watched the same interview and was thinking exactly the same thing. It's reinforcing what Britain needs to get away from, pessimism and negativity. I think Cameron handled it very well and she looked like someone who just wanted to argue black crow white.
ReplyDeleteIt looked to me like a desperate attempt to become the next Jeremy Paxman. I've found her irritating throughout these Olympics, she has a style of presenting that comes across as arrogant and humourless.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. She comes across as cold, aloof and humourless. The occasional smiles seem forced, almost a-la-Gordon-Brown. You can almost hear the director screaming in her earpiece "Smile Mishal, for God's sake, smile!"
ReplyDeleteThe Vulcan arched eyebrow look just reinforces the whole "I'm better than this" attitude. None of the newsreaders used were in the same league as the professional presenters: Logan, Irvine and Balding were all warm, passionate and knowledgable about the sports. Hussain was like a cold fish out of water.
Absolutely agree with all of you! LOL.
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