Mishal Husain leaving BBC

[lordturpin]

Very annoyed, the best current affairs anchor on BBC TV/Radio 4 by far leaves to go to TV Bloomberg.

From being on our screens weekly infront of millions of viewers and asking all the right questions of our politicians and business leaders
she will now go to the black hole of presenting a weekend show on Bloomberg TV.

Disappointing as she was excellent but sounds like £££ was too good.

Edited by lordturpin on Thursday 28th November 09:15

[thebraketester]

Who?

[lordturpin]

thebraketester said:

Who?

As per title - Mishal Husain

[borcy]

I had to look her up, vaguely familiar.

[Randy Winkman]

I didn't immediately recognise the name but to be fair, she is a very familiar face on the BBC.

[bristolracer]

Shame

She is great on the Today programme, no politician gets off the hook with her.

[onomatopoeia]

Best political interviewer at the BBC, she doesn't let them get away with anything and is always extremely well prepared.

Probably got fed up with Mail and Express readers and other mouthbreathers demanding to see her salary published.

[Quhet]

A real loss IMO. Stacked on top of other 'big beasts' jumping ship, I really hope this doesn't lead to a spiral of decline for BBC News/current affairs output

[deadslow]

the best people have been leaving ever since Robbie Gibb was appointed. Maitliss stated he reports directly to the Conservative party, which apparently she wasn't keen on.

[Paul Dishman]

bristolracer said:

Shame

She is great on the Today programme, no politician gets off the hook with her.

True, she's a polite Rottweiler when it comes to questioning. I'm sorry she's leaving too, but I guess the 3am starts must get to you eventually.

[Skodillac]

Quhet said:

A real loss IMO. Stacked on top of other 'big beasts' jumping ship, I really hope this doesn't lead to a spiral of decline for BBC News/current affairs output

The spiral you speak of started a couple of years ago. It's just that the momentum is gaining now. People who speak truth to Tories are no longer required at the BBC. Victoria Derbyshire is the last one standing now, doubt she'll last long either.

So what we get left with are Tory mouthpieces like Kuenssberg, Mason and Robinson, and lightweights like Amol Rajan.

The amazing thing is that the narrative of the BBC being a left wing Communist broadcaster run from the dinner parties of champagne socialists in Islington has persisted whilst Robbie Gibb and his like have utterly poisoned the organisation, gutted its proper journalists and news output, and left us in a situation where ITV News and Sky News are more reliable, less biased, more professional and higher quality purveyors of current affairs programming.

R4 Today in particular has become a shadow of its former self, not to mention Newsnight. It's now about to get even thinner, even more vacuous.

What a shame. The finest public service broadcaster in the world, turned to dust becuase Boris Johnson and his cronies couldn't stand the light of exposure upon them.

[leef44]

Paul Dishman said:

bristolracer said:

Shame

She is great on the Today programme, no politician gets off the hook with her.

True, she's a polite Rottweiler when it comes to questioning. I'm sorry she's leaving too, but I guess the 3am starts must get to you eventually.

+1

Very impressed with her over the years on R4 with her interviews. Early morning long drives, stick R4 on and used to sometimes get frustrated why the big obvious questions are not asked. Then when Mishal is doing the interview then it's great.

She gets the bit between her teeth and digs in - polite, affirmative but tells them when they haven't answered the question.

[AnotherClarkey]

Paul Dishman said:

bristolracer said:

Shame

She is great on the Today programme, no politician gets off the hook with her.

True, she's a polite Rottweiler when it comes to questioning. I'm sorry she's leaving too, but I guess the 3am starts must get to you eventually.

An approach so much more effective than the Paxman/Humphries ego-driven interviews which generally achieved nothing except noise and bluster. Mind you, I am still smarting from Eddie Mair's departure, he was even better than Mishal.

Edited by AnotherClarkey on Thursday 28th November 16:48

[Mr Pointy]

You lot could always campaign for her salary to be increased to keep her at the BBC.

[Mobile Chicane]

I personally think she's become tired of toeing BBC editorial policy, having put up with it for a while.

I remember her interviewing Louise Ellman about the incidence of antisemitism in Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party.

You would think that a journalist of Husain's calibre might have asked for some concrete examples of this 'antisemitism', but no, she let it go, completely unchallenged.

Surely any journalist would want to illustrate the personal impact of an experience, and in order to do that, you would need the details of what actually happened.

Most odd I thought.

[GetCarter]

The relentless drift to the right has seen so many decent journalists jump ship.

The sooner Tim Davie gets the sack the better.

[Panamax]

Bloomberg is a serious global news channel with an emphasis on finance - good on Mishal to find a place there.

Bloomberg absolutely crushes the tedious drivel and appalling presentation on the likes of BBC News and Sky News.