Know-nothing presenters

[oddoneout]

Being called an elitist or a snob by SK ....

Could be seen as a badge of honour by some?

[Nick Armstrong]

To use the Match of the Day analogy that I saw somewhere recently, if Gary Lineker were to describe, let's say, Wayne Rooney as a goalkeeper, without immediately making it clear that it was a slip of the tongue and not the product of ignorance, I have little doubt that he would be laughed off the show once and for all. But it appears that the same standards no longer apply on Radio 3.

[LMcD]

Being called an elitist or a snob by SK only reinforces her image as the name-calling school bully. I'm afraid she's made a rod for her own back.

She doesn't make too bad a school bully, but she can't really compare with Ian Ogilvy in 'Ripping Yarns'.

[Study Session]

To use the Match of the Day analogy that I saw somewhere recently, if Gary Lineker were to describe, let's say, Wayne Rooney as a goalkeeper, without immediately making it clear that it was a slip of the tongue and not the product of ignorance, I have little doubt that he would be laughed off the show once and for all. But it appears that the same standards no longer apply on Radio 3.

Maybe this was the piece you were thinking of? Quite a good one by Nick Cohen in Standpoint last month:

http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/6977

[french frank]

Maybe this was the piece you were thinking of? Quite a good one by Nick Cohen in Standpoint last month:

http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/6977

"They will not make their broadcasts march at the pace of the slowest viewer, by clogging them with clunking explanations that infuriate informed viewers."

[underthecountertenor]

Maybe this was the piece you were thinking of? Quite a good one by Nick Cohen in Standpoint last month:

http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/6977

That was the one. Thanks!

[gradus]

I have missed the SK quote, could someone oblige with a link?

[underthecountertenor]

Deep breath, gradus....

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-17/suzy-klein-its-not-all-gone-pete-tong-at-the-proms/

[Stanfordian]

Deep breath, gradus....
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-...-at-the-proms/

She's probably just trying to be 'cool'.

[french frank]

Deep breath, gradus....
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-...-at-the-proms/

Surely, some mistake: "But this was never about attention-grabbing on the part of the festival organisers."

And surely there was a contradiction in following up: "After all, this is the classical music festival that set out to be as inclusive and broad as possible from its earliest days." [My bold]

Radio 3 presenter invited to write about the Proms for Radio Times and chooses … attention-grabbing concert?

[DracoM]

'Self-elected snobs'? Hmm.
I wonder if Ms Klein ever regrets using such brutal language about R3's core audience, and in so doing neatly avoiding the point about whether there is any traction in the idea that TongProms et al do anything to win a 'younger audience' to CLASSICAL music?

Maybe someone should cut, paste and send this to Ms Klein today and ask if she still likes what she wrote in 2015?

[french frank]

'Self-elected snobs'? Hmm.

Self-elected snobs v. manufactured scorn. I think she was reading more into the headline 'It's all gone Pete Tong', than was intended. Because she wanted to. Yes, it has been used as a jocular expression for 'It's All Gone Wrong', but in this context I think (judging by what followed the headline) it was just being used to describe a Pete Tong-fronted, er, gig

Can you see anything critical about that story? It's promoting the concert, surely?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11558256/BBC-Proms-its-all-gone-Pete-Tong-at-the-Albert-Hall.html

But perhaps she didn't have time to read the story?

[gradus]

Deep breath, gradus....
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-...-at-the-proms/

Many thanks.

[DracoM]

Well, if you want a horror story - just iPlayer back to the intro by the BBC R4 intro the KCC Lessons and Carols Service.

[Nick Armstrong]

Well, if you want a horror story - just iPlayer back to the intro by the BBC R4 intro the KCC Lessons and Carols Service.

Reckon that's one shot for you, Draco!

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