I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability 
to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's 
saying; only to his delivery "style".

He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is 
currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even if 
they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my chest.
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:43:14 +0000, hungerdunger wrote:

> I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete
> inability to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content
> of what he's saying; only to his delivery "style".
> 
> He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He
> is currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to?
> Even if they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it
> off my chest.

Why don't you write to the man himself?

His blog appears at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2007/01/
about_robert_peston.html
http://tinyurl.com/2dno7f

hungerdunger wrote:
> 
> I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability
> to speak normally 

Hear, hear.  He really annoys me.

>                   means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's
> saying; only to his delivery "style".
> 
> He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is
> currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even if
> they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my chest.

Good luck, whoever it is.

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hungerdunger wrote:
> I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability 
> to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's 
> saying; only to his delivery "style".
> 
> He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is 
> currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even if 
> they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my chest.


I'm sorry, I don't think you understand. You see, you're wrong and the 
BBC is right. If you disagree, feel free to phone, write or email. If 
you're lucky, some unfortunate Glaswegian teenager will call you back 
just when you're about to sit down to dinner to tell you you're wrong.

In article <00b47975$0$13652$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, 
hungerdunger@MARXvodafoneemail.co.uk says...
> I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability 
> to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's 
> saying; only to his delivery "style".
> 
> He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is 
> currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even if 
> they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my chest.
> 
Agreed - he is an absolute arse.

If this was a petition, you would have 5 signatures already....

"Robin T Cox"  wrote in message 
news:Bmnlj.77147$KC3.57341@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>
> Why don't you write to the man himself?
>
> His blog appears at:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2007/01/
> about_robert_peston.html
> http://tinyurl.com/2dno7f

1) I doubt whether it would do any good.  Since he broke the Northern Rock 
story and helped to start the run on the bank, I bet he feels pretty 
invincible.

2) I'm a coward.
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On 23 Jan, 00:24, "hungerdunger"
 wrote:
> "Robin T Cox"  wrote in messagenews:Bmnlj.77147$KC3.57341@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>
>
>
> > Why don't you write to the man himself?
>
> > His blog appears at:
>
> >http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2007/01/
> > about_robert_peston.html
> >http://tinyurl.com/2dno7f
>
> 1) I doubt whether it would do any good.  Since he broke the Northern Rock
> story and helped to start the run on the bank, I bet he feels pretty
> invincible.
>
What? You think it's Peston's fault that the NRK crisis materialised.
I think you've lost the plot somehow....or are you one of their
unfortunate shareholders? Can't help but wonder.

"hungerdunger"  wrote in message 
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>I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability 
>to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's 
>saying; only to his delivery "style".
>
Just found this amusing article from The Times a few months ago, which sums 
up my feelings exactly:

"Robert Peston’s scoop about the crisis at Northern Rock was a story about a 
bad case of the jitters that left the country watching in disbelief and 
wondering anxiously if it was all going to end in a hideous crash. And that 
was just Peston’s performance.

One hesitates before criticising a fellow journalist, but the reports by the 
BBC’s business editor are now such compulsive viewing that the subject can 
no longer be avoided.

It is not always easy for newspaper hacks to make the transition to 
television, even those with a string of awards and a biography of Gordon 
Brown under their belt. But more than 18 months after taking the job, Peston’s 
discomfort in front of the cameras cannot be attributed to teething 
troubles.

He navigates broadcasts with all the ease of a man in a blindfold driving 
down the M4. One watches, agog, to see if he will get to the . . . end . . . 
of . . . each . . . sentence. Then he will suddenly speed up 
andsayeverythinginarush. He puts heavy emphasis on the wrong words and 
punctuates his nasal analysis with nervous, snorting laughs. Earlier this 
week, during a discussion in the studio with Huw Edwards, he suddenly and 
inexplicably looked into the camera, like a schoolboy trying out as a TV 
reporter at the National Media Museum in Bradford and forgetting the first 
rule. He appeared to refer to the “Alliance & Lecter”, a Hannibalism that so 
threw Edwards that he then spoke of “Northern Wreck”. "

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"hungerdunger"  wrote in message 
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> "Robin T Cox"  wrote in message 
> news:Bmnlj.77147$KC3.57341@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>>
>> Why don't you write to the man himself?
>>
>> His blog appears at:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2007/01/
>> about_robert_peston.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/2dno7f
>
> 1) I doubt whether it would do any good.  Since he broke the Northern Rock 
> story and helped to start the run on the bank, I bet he feels pretty 
> invincible.
>
> 2) I'm a coward.

He is a typical BBC Kunt as demonstrated in his "book".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=542GKIOV3NAJXQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2008/01/26/view26.xml

-- 

Anton Chigurh (Say "sugar")

"I get a really good laugh when I think of how much of their time we are
wasting.  It only takes an off-the-cuff one liner from any one of the
intelligentsia in u.l.s and the passed-its-sell-by-date Chief Collard and
his ADC (Another Dozy Cunt) DribblingBuffoon01 spend hours thinking up a
response, and even then they can only come up with mindless bollocks.   It's
like having radio controlled muppets at your disposal.  Push their little
buttons and watch them go.  Too funny!" - Dave The Fat Sarge in uls.

hungerdunger wrote:
> I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability 
> to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's 
> saying; only to his delivery "style".
> 
> He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is 
> currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even if 
> they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my chest.

Funnily enough, I was staying in a hotel this week, and on Tues or Weds 
morning I switched on the bedside radio (R4) and there a business report 
in full swing. The reporter's speech kept s-l-o-w-i-n-g  d-o-w-n 
andthenspeedingup in a most irritating way. As soon as the reporter 
mentioned Northern Rock I remembered this thread and thought "I bet it's 
that Preston bloke".

Sure enough, it was Robert Preston!

I'd never heard of him before, but I guess I am going to 'bump into' him 
all over the place now.

Give that man some elocution lessons!

L3K

"hungerdunger"  wrote in message 
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>I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability 
>to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's 
>saying; only to his delivery "style".
>
> He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is 
> currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even 
> if they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my 
> chest.
> -- 
> Hungerdunger
> To reply by email, remove the MARX from my address
>He is a stammering stuttering cccccunt
G

On 22 Jan, 13:43, "hungerdunger"
 wrote:

> I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability
> to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's
> saying; only to his delivery "style".
>
> He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is
> currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even if
> they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my chestHear, hear! He is absolutly abysmal, and whenever.......her--
errrrrr...finishes.............................speaking, I feel that I
have learned nothing whatsoever.

As piss-poor a journo as you're likely to find in a temple of them;
the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation.

Linker3000 wrote:
> 
> hungerdunger wrote:
> > I can't stand this man's reports.  His affectations and complete inability
> > to speak normally means that I no longer listen to the content of what he's
> > saying; only to his delivery "style".
> >
> > He seems to be cropping up all over the place on BBC TV and Radio.  He is
> > currently the BBC's Business Editor. Anyone know who he reports to? Even if
> > they don't listen to my compalints, at least I'll have got it off my chest.
> 
> Funnily enough, I was staying in a hotel this week, and on Tues or Weds
> morning I switched on the bedside radio (R4) and there a business report
> in full swing. The reporter's speech kept s-l-o-w-i-n-g  d-o-w-n
> andthenspeedingup in a most irritating way. As soon as the reporter
> mentioned Northern Rock I remembered this thread and thought "I bet it's
> that Preston bloke".
> 
> Sure enough, it was Robert Preston!
> 
> I'd never heard of him before, but I guess I am going to 'bump into' him
> all over the place now.
> 
> Give that man some elocution lessons!
> 
> L3K

Peston.

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