BBC political comment poor and uninformed

[Cliff]

Since the BBC's move from London to Salford, I have noticed they are not getting good political commentators or insiders who bring something extra to the news. All too often they are using their own staff from just down the corridor to sit in and be interviewed and pass comment to their own news people!


A really weird example today on BBC news.
In the newsroom, the two newscasters were interviewing the guest expert who happened to be Jonathan Charles, also a BBC news reader/reporter.

It went something like this.....

So the U.A.E. are buying nuclear technology and power stations from Japan.
J.Charles. Yes, this is significant because Japan can sell its technology now that their home market is flat and the UAE can sell more of its oil and use home grown nuclear electricity instead. Its a win win for both countries.

Anything else Mr Charles?- clue IRAN?

Unbelievable!

 

[tapzilla2k]

To be fair, Sky News can be just as clueless sometimes.

 

[sidicks]

To be fair, Sky News can be just as clueless sometimes.

Same as a significant proportion of the electorate!

 

[krish]

BBC News is still based in London, moved from Television Centre to the extended Broadcasting House
- the rather dire BBC Breakfast is from MediaCityUK, Salford though

 

[logiciel]

Uniformed. Misinformed perhaps - BBC News from Salford.

 

[IronGiant]

Jonathan Charles is the Director of Communications at the EBRD (European Bank of Reconstruction and Development). Before starting this role in February 2011, Jonathan Charles was a journalist and presenter for BBC News.

also see: http://www.ebrd.com/pages/about/who/structure/management/charles.shtml

 

[tapzilla2k]

Same as a significant proportion of the electorate!

We all have our own biased views on different subjects.
Coming from a Science background, I know how to work my through it and base views on evidence. Or go down in flames.

 

[Cliff]

Uniformed. Misinformed perhaps - BBC News from Salford.

True! I was misinformed. They have moved to a re vamped Broadcasting House.

It does not excuse them from poor, uninformed comment though.

 

[IronGiant]

And Jonathon Charles is an ex-BBC employee who currently works with a company closely involved in upgrading the Ukraine Nuclear Power Industry to International Safety Standards.

 

[Wild Weasel]

That's nice to know. 27 years after the Chernobyl disaster.

 

[Cliff]

And Jonathon Charles is an ex-BBC employee who currently works with a company closely involved in upgrading the Ukraine Nuclear Power Industry to International Safety Standards.

Unless he has hidden scientific talents I can't imagine how he can help in upgrading Ukraine's nuclear power!

Of course it might explain why he was so gungho about the project in the middle east and had memory failure about possibly inflaming relations with Iran and sparking a nuclear arms race!