Inspiration for Sky News

Bodhidharma

I think i've found it. The birth place of the modern Sky News. Remember back in the day it just reported news, now it creates it. Here is how it all began.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvyX-CwHpAQ

WAR!!!!!

flogen

One of my all time favourite Chris Morris moments... and yes, it does make me think of Sky News alright... especially the news pipe.

"That's it, yes, it's WAR!!!"

Judt

flogen wrote:

One of my all time favourite Chris Morris moments... and yes, it does make me think of Sky News alright... especially the news pipe.

"That's it, yes, it's WAR!!!"

Sky are good for it, but BBC 24 aren't quite as impartial as they would purport to be, either. They have one main presenter (can't for the life of me think of his name... gaunt face, did the 7/7 coverage if anyone can remember back that far) who has a most annoying tendency - like many of the Sky crew - to say "Obviously" during the course of discussion, either in an interview or whilst reading off stuff. If it was bleeden obvious then you wouldn't be reading it to us, or shouldn't be reading it to us!

It annoys me to no end listening to the 24 hour news stations as they report breaking news - presenters reading off of a script, pausing as they try to take things in and spurt it out at the same time. I'd say some chap nearing retirement or a career change could have great fun feeding s**t into the middle of a breaking news script, and they'd read it off in the same serious tones before noticing the producer doing backflips.

Milktrolley

Judt wrote:

I'd say some chap nearing retirement or a career change could have great fun feeding s**t into the middle of a breaking news script, and they'd read it off in the same serious tones before noticing the producer doing backflips.

Before The Last Word on Monday, Today FM 'broke' the news that the army bomb disposal unit were at Leinster House. Many Google searches later, I still havn't found evidence that they were.

Anyway, that clip is hilarious - it must have seemed so blissfully farfetched when it aired... how times have changed. It's Sky down to a tee though - that rebrand did them no favours.

irish_bob

i have been watching sky news for over 10 yrs now and while admitedly murdoch has a stake in it , its only a 41% stake
i have always found it to be an excellent source of news and current affairs
i do not find it in the least bit biased , because murdoch has a share in it , i belive it gets a bum rap sometimes
it is nothing like its sister channell fox news in the usa which is nothing but a republican party 24 hour propoganda machine and i belive it is just as reputable as news outlet as the bbc
sure it flashes breaking news across the screen even the news is that victoria beckham is pregnant again but then again murdochs influence has to be seen somewhere and that is one of its tabloidy traits but all things being equal i trust it for the most part

aphex™

Milktrolley wrote:

Before The Last Word on Monday, Today FM 'broke' the news that the army bomb disposal unit were at Leinster House. Many Google searches later, I still havn't found evidence that they were.
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There was a bomb scare in the Taoiseach's dept