Who Is The Female Journalist

[lankeela]

(BBC I think) who has been interviewing Boris the last couple of times - she is very rude and keeps interrupting him.

[THECORBYLOON]

Does she drop the "g" at the end of "ing"-words?

[dannyk13]

Is this her?
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1513938/Sky-Beth-Rigby-Boris-Johnson-climate-change-interview

[THECORBYLOON]

If you've seen her, what like does she look?

[aelmpvw]

if interviewers didn't interrupt politicians there'd only be one question

[Ken4155]

This crops up time and time again. An interviewer asks a politician a question which the politician does not actually answer, instead opting to spew out party mantra. So the interviewer interrupts and asks the question again. All to no avail because the politician will continue to repeat his/her answer (rephrasing it from time to time) ad nauseum. It's not just Johnson who does this so it's not just him that is interrupted.

[Bazile]

Sky's political editor ( she is appearing on Countdown all this week )

Ken summaries it exactly right

[ToraToraTora]

It's a dance they do, they only ask "have you stopped beating your wife" type questions and the interviewee uses the Jim Hacker technique. Until both sides start getting sensible neither side will get sensible.

[royfromaus]

Beth Rigby, who was caught partying (breaking covid rules) she was rewarded with a 3 month paid holiday.

[youngmafbog]

Ken has summed it up very well there.

I gave up watching political interviews years ago. They are pointless.

[ichkeria]

Beth Rigby is very good.

Not BBC tho (sorry :-) )

[youngmafbog]

//Beth Rigby is very good.//

Oh dear.

[dannyk13]

ich //Beth Rigby is very good.//
Good journalists do not harangue interviewees.

[THECORBYLOON]

What if the interviewee avoids answering the questions posed or gives a very brief response before going off at a tangent?

[ichkeria]

She doesn't "harangue"
May I also as others have done, draw your attention to ken's excellent reply above

[ichkeria]

Could have done with her having a go at Sergey Lavrov during that press conference. If ever a man did deserve a jolly good "haranguing" it's him :-)

[dannyk13]

ich I did read Ken's excellent report but that was specific to Beth Rigby maybe harangue was the wrong word so read rudely interrupt instead.

[ichkeria]

No I don’t agree to be honest.
I don’t think most interviewers are “rude” as such. These are not job interviews or “cosy chats” as a rule tho as a matter of fact the much-maligned-by-some Nick Robinson has dine a few of those in his series and they are often the most illuminating.
That said I have heard a degree of let’s say abruptness often when a controversial personality general thought not to be popular is involved

[lankeela]

I don't think it is Beth Rigby who I cannot stand anyway. This was the last couple of days, where he was interviewed and asked about the 'blackmail' allegations.

[ichkeria]

What does she look like/sound like

Not even sure which channel so I guess you won’t be able to answer that

[Stickybottle]

Laura Keunnsberg ?