Main Anchor of Channel 4 News. Unreported World and Ways to Change the World podcast, Trustee RBG Kew. Agents :https://t.co/KkawwhFKzK krishnan@channel4.com
Apr 27, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Govt will publish plan to privatise Channel 4 tomorrow. Ministers say will 'unleash its potential' to compete with Netflix (which is seeing subscribers cancel, is massively in debt and changing business model to start advertising) reuters.com/world/uk/brita…
Just by way of reminder : C4 is owned by the state but does not cost the public anything as it is funded by advertising. It currently has a public service remit you can read about here channel4.com/corporate/abou…
Dec 23, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Can’t quite believe tonight is the last #C4News anchored by @jonsnowC4 - who would require a very long thread to properly do justice to. He’s an extraordinary human being, who’s been there at some of the most amazing moments of history. (1)
He’s always been the most energetic, enthusiastic, committed and questioning TV journalist - who has brought compassion and humanity to his reporting wherever he goes. Viewers love him. And even those politicians who disagree and get angry with him respect him. (2)
May 23, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Extraordinary thread additions from Cummings ahead of evidence. Suggests if only he, No10 and DHSC paid attention to people such as @devisridhar and had actually watched programmes like #C4News et al they might have prevented tens of thousands deaths, economic disaster and more.
I used to interview her all the time. Then things changed and it became normal for senior politicians to refuse to account for their actions and defend themselves more often than not. As Ken Clarke told me recently it’s one reason so many voters despise politicians
But it’s also why I respect those like Jacob Rees-Mogg who don’t run away from the argument. It’s easier - and kind of your job - as a backbencher without executive power but I think instinctively he’s one of those who will always take questions.
