Set-piece interviews are being replaced by the kind of shouty exchanges that provide viral clips and attract viewers to opinion-led channels like GB News and TalkTV – where former Tory ministers like Nadine Dorries are now signing up to become presenters.Įven Newsnight has succumbed.
No 10 was under a lot of pressure over Partygate that week and, unusually, I was allowed to turn it into a long-form interview.” Beth Rigby interviewing Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner at the party’s 2022 conference (Photo: Getty) “It was a pool interview at a hospital visit – the footage was to be used for all broadcasters. Rigby, granted her own extended interview show on Sky, credits the chaos in Johnson’s Downing Street for her bruising encounter, which was nominated for an RTS Journalism award. There are a proliferation of partisan channels and outlets where they can choose a more benign environment to speak in.”
Politicians can put out their own clips and soundbites on social media without having to engage in follow-up questions. “Today access to prime ministers is limited and very controlled.
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