Loving the recession
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mouk786

Original Poster:

1,263 posts

227 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Robert Peston from the BBC must be loving it

I imagine he was mega well paid to start with so is never going to be feeling it liek most avg people - but since the 'credit crunch' he has been getting his face all over the TV (I used to read his business section on bbc.co.uk but rarely saw him on TV news)

His demand/fees have probably shot up as well!

nownek

408 posts

242 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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mouk786 said:
Robert Peston from the BBC must be loving it

I imagine he was mega well paid to start with so is never going to be feeling it liek most avg people - but since the 'credit crunch' he has been getting his face all over the TV (I used to read his business section on bbc.co.uk but rarely saw him on TV news)

His demand/fees have probably shot up as well!
I saw him coming out of Waterloo tube station last night- he looked pretty pissed off....

Meeja

8,290 posts

278 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Even gets his own pages on the BBC website too....


http://www.bbc.co.uk/robertpeston

LittleBro

9,455 posts

264 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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nownek said:
I saw him coming out of Waterloo tube station last night- he looked pretty pissed off....
I'd be pissed off too if I'd just been on two live TV shows and the news and had to get a train home!

Where's the 7-series/S-class/450h for the ride home? smile

Chilli

17,320 posts

266 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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I realise this guy is a journo, but why is he so talked about....what's he done?

mouk786

Original Poster:

1,263 posts

227 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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I think his plus point is that he makes thigns simple to understand

also he apparently broke the northern rock story (caused the chaos that ensued?)

oh and soem say he has a weird manner... as the main bbc business person he was always gonna get a lot of covg, eve nif he was crap

mikechandler

1,998 posts

232 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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There was a very interesting article in the Mail on Sunday re Robert Peston and the 'exclusives' that he manages to break to the public. When Richard Branson was looking at buying Northern Rock last year, he was told by a government official that they had to run all the ideas past Robert Peston. I believe there is currently an enquiry within the Treasury and the BoE as to where Robert is getting his information from.