Beth Rigby . Sky News

[cliffords]

Any explanation .
I have watched /listened to her quite a bit over the past few months, watching her today on Sky News .

She just seems without a clue, no knowledge, opinion, insight actually even intelligence

I am really surprised they front her so much .
I have formed an opinion based on watching her quite a bit.

Am I missing something ?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I quite like her. I think part of her appeal is that she genuinely seems like a normal woman in the street. If she wasn't on Sky News, I could imagine her working at the local chippy.

She's the Stuart Peace of political journalism. They used to say of him he was like a fan who could play. BR is similar.

That's not to say she isn't highly qualified and worthy of the job. I'm sure she is. But if you didn't know what she did for a living and just got chatting to her, you'd never guess.

[turbobloke]

cliffords said:

Any explanation .
I have watched /listened to her quite a bit over the past few months, watching her today on Sky News .

She just seems without a clue, no knowledge, opinion, insight actually even intelligence

I am really surprised they front her so much .
I have formed an opinion based on watching her quite a bit.

Am I missing something ?

Agreed.

"Hey Beth - Gotcha!"

[W12GT]

Absolutely appalling coverage - they are talking ‘fluff’ over all the arrivals, throwing out random questions and quite rightly they are ignoring her annoying call outs.

Surely they should be talking about who all the arrivals are and covering their views and relationships with Ukraine???

[Rufus Stone]

Can't stand the woman.

Just turned the TV on and it was set to Sky news. There she was shouting ridiculous questions at Zelenskyy about apologising to Trump.

[fly by wire]

??????

[I am alright Jack]

Beth, not Rupert and Rigby not Rigsby.

[brake fader]

gutter press low life.

[fly by wire]

I am alright Jack said:

Beth, not Rupert and Rigby not Rigsby.

:squawk:

[Panamax]

cliffords said:

She just seems without a clue, no knowledge, opinion, insight actually even intelligence

Ghastly creature. Loves the sound of her own stupid voice, waffling about nothing.

[fly by wire]

Panamax said:

Ghastly creature. Loves the sound of her own stupid voice, waffling about nothing.

Agreed but still an improvement on the now departed Kay Burley.

[Tabs]

Can't bear to listen to her. Never pronounces the 'g' on the endin of a word.

[the tribester]

Agreed, the way she speaks is so annoy-in, just watch-in her report-in gets me chang-in the channel.

[768]

She's dreadful.

[Yertis]

I am alright Jack said:

Beth, not Rupert and Rigby not Rigsby.

Also, ‘Beff’, not ‘Beth’.

[Biker 1]

Tabs said:

Can't bear to listen to her. Never pronounces the 'g' on the endin of a word.

This.
Makes my teeth itch!!! I really can't stand it, either they should send her to speech classes or replace her with someone who can speak.
They're all a bit weird though - Peston & Kunsberg are also pretty crap.

[Gareth79]

Rufus Stone said:

Can't stand the woman.

Just turned the TV on and it was set to Sky news. There she was shouting ridiculous questions at Zelenskyy about apologising to Trump.

Maybe she's hoping that one day she'll call out "Are you going to RESIGN, Prime Minister?" and they'll stop, turn around, walk over to the camera and then resign live on Sky News.

[swisstoni]

Tabs said:

Can't bear to listen to her. Never pronounces the 'g' on the endin of a word.

(See also Sadiq Khan and Pritti Patel for plenty more of that).

[119]

I’m sure I read somewhere that she is leaving?

[Mr Penguin]

Rufus Stone said:

Can't stand the woman.

Just turned the TV on and it was set to Sky news. There she was shouting ridiculous questions at Zelenskyy about apologising to Trump.

About her usual standard of questioning. She has an uncanny ability to make me immediately sympathise with whoever she is interviewing, whether I actually agree with them or not.