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The hubris of Today presenters.

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DaisyAnne Thu 23-Feb-23 09:33:59

NotSpaghetti

This man drives me mad.

I have tried to get used to him (and of course he is everywhere now) but he is always patronising, he pushes irrelevant points, he misses out on the nuance in his drive to be "right" about things, he too often tells us "I find..." or "when I'm with my children I" or "I think"....
Everything is about him.

Yes, DaisyAnne you are not alone. The Starmer interview was dreadful.

I'm glad it's not just me. As I have just taken offense at someone on here, telling me and everyone (unasked for) else how they should cook, I thought I must have woken up in a bad mood - except I haven't smile

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NotSpaghetti Thu 23-Feb-23 09:27:02

Ha ha Maw I agree, a good teacher isn’t like him at all - but the interview was terrible!

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MawtheMerrier Thu 23-Feb-23 09:22:33

^ He sounded, this morning, as if he trained as an English Teacher. He has that way teachers do of having the superiority with adults that they might have with a classroom of children or young people - although I hope they don't^
I absolutely take exception to this denigration of English teachers, indeed of any teachers! angry
Wash your mouth out with soap and water! .

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NotSpaghetti Thu 23-Feb-23 09:21:07

This man drives me mad.

I have tried to get used to him (and of course he is everywhere now) but he is always patronising, he pushes irrelevant points, he misses out on the nuance in his drive to be "right" about things, he too often tells us "I find..." or "when I'm with my children I" or "I think"....
Everything is about him.

Yes, DaisyAnne you are not alone. The Starmer interview was dreadful.

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DaisyAnne Thu 23-Feb-23 09:01:55

I'm afraid Amol Rajan has become increasingly annoying in his interviews on "Today". He sounded, this morning, as if he trained as an English Teacher. He has that way teachers do of having the superiority with adults that they might have with a classroom of children or young people - although I hope they don't.

This morning he decided to dissect the wording of Keir Starmer's release. Rajan has a first degree in English, so I imagine he expects Starmer to bow down to his superior knowledge. But really, did I want to have the meaning of certain words explained? I can think of at least one major question he didn't ask Starmer, presumably because he felt the time was his to use and not the audience's to have their questions answered.

Not nice. Not nice at all. When today's edition is released it will be on BBC sounds, and you will be able to find the interview at 8.10 and make up your own minds.

The interview left me feeling still open-minded about Starmer's plans. He will have more questions to answer the closer we get to a General Election. Sadly, it left me considerably less open-minded about the interviewer.

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