There's something about Robert Peston...

I do declare that this man is possibly my favourite BBC news reporter.  He has been gracing our screens with ever increasing frequency during these disasterous financial times as he is the BBC Business Editor.

At first I found his strange inflections rather jarring.  He speaks a little like this: And in othernewstoooooday the maaaaaarketshavetakenaplunge and now weeeeee areheadingforruinruinruin!!!hahahahaha

Okay, it isn't quite like that, but he goes high, he goes low, he speeds things up and slows them down.  All in one sentence.  And I like that about him.  He keeps it interesting.  And if there is anybody that has to dole out the bad news that there isn't going to be a Christmas this year, I would rather hear it from the mouth of Mr Peston than from anyone else.

Comments

[Richard Young]

I urge you to see the error of your ways! Peston is pure evil. Only this morning, I was compelled - after months of venting fury at the radio and TV - to start http://robertpestonmustdie.blogspot.com/ Join me - Peston must be stopped!

[Cassandra]

ooookay. You have too much time on your hands. And you aren't doing yourself any favours with this sort of negative campaign. That's all I have to say about this issue.

[Cassandra]

Oh my God. There's a link to this entry from the guardian's website. Flippin heck.

[Dave the Rave]

His name's Peston, not Preston.

[Steve Pooley]

I think Robert Peston's presentation style is eye-wateringly awful. I've no doubt he's extremely knowledgeable about his subject, but the way he talks to camera smacks of a 6th former in a school media-studies production. He seems to be trying to look and sound 'like a real TV journalist' by overdoing all the hallmark journalistic inflections and speed changes, and this ridiculous wide-eyed staring at the camera. If he were to concentrate more on what he's actually saying, rather than sticking out like a sore thumb trying to *sound* the part, we'd get a lot more out of his performance and be far less distracted. The best reports leave the viewer knowing exactly what information the reporter wanted to impart, but without much memory of the way in which it was delivered.