A broadcast news presenter getting praise from right across the political spectrum is extremely rare.
@BBCRosAtkins' reports do what ALL news should: “explain the background & context to current events in a scrupulously impartial, accessible way”.
theguardian.com/media/2021/dec…
@BBCRosAtkins' reports do what ALL news should: “explain the background & context to current events in a scrupulously impartial, accessible way”.
theguardian.com/media/2021/dec…
James O'Brien: "Unspun reality"
Piers Morgan: “Ros once again brilliantly illustrating that the best journalism is often the simplest: just damn people with cool, calm, collected & utterly irrefutable facts.”
Andrew Neil: “Forensic, measured, factual, brilliant."
Piers Morgan: “Ros once again brilliantly illustrating that the best journalism is often the simplest: just damn people with cool, calm, collected & utterly irrefutable facts.”
Andrew Neil: “Forensic, measured, factual, brilliant."
Atkins' explainers were created to make live TV also work as a digital on-demand product:
“If you look at what he’s (@BBCRosAtkins) done, it’s stripped down ‘this is what happened’ in three minutes flat – there’s no florid tedious language, there’s no self indulgence to it.”
“If you look at what he’s (@BBCRosAtkins) done, it’s stripped down ‘this is what happened’ in three minutes flat – there’s no florid tedious language, there’s no self indulgence to it.”
“I think sometimes the @BBC mistakes impartiality for sucking the life out of something. But Ros is human & has a personality, while never making it about him, or leaving himself open to accusations of bias" - former BBC Executive.
“He makes things look effortless but they’re not effortless. Just like being a very good squash player takes years of practice, being a really good TV craftsman takes a long time too: he works bloody hard to make it spot on" - former colleague.
Xmas 2020:
Xmas 2020:
https://twitter.com/BBCRosAtkins/status/1341124320467283968?s=20
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