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TOPIC: Fiona Bruce
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Re:Fiona Bruce 5 Years, 3 Months ago
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Question Time has shown its popularity in nearly 40 years of broadcasting - with just three presenters.
Day, Sissons and Dimbleby - with a few temporary ones from time to time.
Uniquely, the public gets the opportunity to ask direct questions - and to discuss the answers with politicians, journalists, industrialists etc.
The audience is selected almost randomly (from applicants) - with a monitoring process to ensure balance. Questions, likewise.
And it visits different parts of the country - whereas a large part of radio/TV programs emanate from London or Salford.
It's hard to see how it could be improved - and, hopefully, Ms Bruce will be as straight talking as her predecessors.
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Re:Fiona Bruce 5 Years, 3 Months ago
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Voices and gender aren't relevant.
It's a combination of presence, gravitas, calmness, personality, demeanour, talent, quick-thinking and appearance.
Cronkite didn't have a great TV and radio voice - but most of America remembers him best.
For telling them (for example) of JFK's death, men on the moon - and that the Vietnam war was unwinnable.
As well as a man who would tell the truth - no matter what, and always ask the right questions.
Usually eliciting the true facts, on complex issues.
From the early 60s, Americans would switch Cronkite on first...
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