The Kay Burley Appreciation Thread.

So so utterly devoid of any concept of compassion or even the vaguest insight into the impact her words would have.

One so often sees this line of interviewing on Sky and indeed elsewhere and I find it inconceivable that the reporters are trained in this way. Being totally ignorant of this field of work, I do not even know if the questons are even hers or are scripted.

All I know right now is that were I asked to approach people who were obviously traumatised in this manner that I would refuse to do so.

I have often heard English friends complain about Sky reporting methods and how they never watch it because of that.

The mind numbing questions they ask are beyond comprehension.

In fairness, she is only ever her earpiece, or more exact, whatever's being barked down it. Where she is flawed, is that she lacks the requisite common-sense to rephrase in a more agreeable manner, or indeed, know when she's gone far enough. There's comedy-gold when she tries to channel her Paxman, such as that bit in the Bryant grilling where she casually quips '...you just changed your pin-number'. Now, there's points for quickness in the putdown, but if you're going that direction, it's generally best to be interviewing somebody with history of such a thing, or at least, for you to be halfway-researched on the subject, and then, actually having the wherewithal to argue it afterwards. Ms. Burley, seemingly, has neither.

Well, I mean, in reference to the Chris Bryant thing. The April Jones thing is beyond, or beneath, just about all human standards of decency.

Kay going gaga & agog outside a maternity ward as a London woman gives birth

Ghastly individual, I've never understood her popularity and hopefully her 6 month sabbatical might persuade her to F*** off for good.

Quite a response from Sky, no fear of RTE making such an appropriate decision though.

She's doing good work these days. Would any Irish news host challenge govt ministers like so?

Come on Dempo, get down off that fence😁.

Watched her interviewing a fairground owner after a terrible accident in which a young boy (and possibly his father as well) was killed on a roller coaster. She was just short of calling the poor man a murderer. This was AFTER he listed of the Health and Safety precautions that existed and the certification that had been done on the ride. "well the shutting down the ride NOW isn't much use..." type of stuff. Repeated ad nauseum.