To wonder why Kay Burley is still employed?

[GloGirl]

Why? Who? Just who thinks it's a good idea? She's just a terrible presenter/interviewer.

www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/10/kay-burley-interview-with-alton-towers-chief-gets-more-than-1100-complaints

I've signed the petition I wish that the description and argument for the sacking covered her more vile offences but the end result will be the same no less.

In the context of the interview with the CEO of Alton Towers it was not relevant for Kay Burley to press him to reveal details about the injuries of the people involved in the incident.

She should have directed her questions elsewhere.

However, it may well become extremely relevant if it transpires that these very young people with 'life changing injuries' have an argument with insurers.

Those insurers would have been busy talking about that from day one and they are as hard as nails. I don't think it is inappropriate to ask them about it.

Shall we all just brush it under the carpet because some people think it's a bit unseemly to talk about these people's injuries and other people's safety?

limited are you somehow trying to defend Kay Burley as a hard-hitting journalist? Are you thinking her "tough questions" are the reason why everyone hates her?

Have you even read the thread?

limited - he wasn't trying to dodge the question to avoid any responsibility insurance-wise. He, quite rightly, didn't want to discuss the girls personal details. He also says something like, we take full responsibility.
PR-wise, Alton Towers haven't put a foot wrong IMO.

"PR-wise, Alton Towers haven't put a foot wrong IMO."

Agreed

Yes Red!

Me and DH were having the same discussion about the interview. I think the CEO chap came across very well.

Journalistic talent shouldn't be based on whether or not you can throw out sarky comments or force information out of people that isn't their's to divulge. That's just crass and tasteless.

I also agree with you both re:AT PR wise but the cynical side of me thinks that the complete fuck up Thomas Cook recently is fresh in their minds so that will have played a part . Hopefully they would have behaved decently regardless but the timeliness of it would be like a PR what not to do blueprint.

You're right, I hadn't thought about Thomas Cook. And of course, they'll have crisis management PR all over them.
Still think he comes across as sincere every time I've seen him.

How in 15 minutes of interview, has she failed to ask the obvious question of 'what extra safety measures have you put in place?'

Wishful Thomas Cook will be ok long run, unfortunately the general public have a short memory when it comes to saving money so if they continue to price their holidays right they know they will be back in the game eventually.

Alton Towers on the other hand have a very difficult problem because a disaster like this will put a lot of people off wanting to go on a roller coaster. If the public start to believe that amusement parks are unsafe - they will just not be able to continue.

And I've since gathered that Alton Towers are owned by a multi theme park company. In which case they have to tread extra lightly - once the public mood swings, they're losing revenue for all their theme parks.

I've just watched the Alton Towers clip on YouTube....fuck me, thank God I don't watch SkyNews.

She laboured the point far too much, to the point of ridiculousness. Not skilfully in a way that evoked any more information from him or tripped him up. She said the same thing over and over again so he said the same thing in return.

Watching them both bang their heads against brick walls would have been far more amusing.

PR-wise, Alton Towers haven't put a foot wrong IMO

YY.

Watching them both bang their heads against brick walls would have been far more amusing.

A lot of people would pay to watch that.

Ah she was the one that was talking about Kate Middleton still looking pregnant the day after giving birth. She is a first class idiot and should be nowhere near any news ever.

The bit about extra safety I understood to mean that we have x, x and x in place to prevent accidents but we are implementing another x as a precaution. Surely that's common sense isn't it after an accident.
why do people want to know the ins and outs of the injuries victims have sustained? Its akin to rubbernecking at the scene of an accident.

it is one of those tv mysteries along with who allowed Jeremy Clarkson to be a presenter for so long and who encouraged Cilla to sing on TV --or sing at all-

Another agog at the worst of.

Re the Alton towers injuries I have just realised I don't want to know about the injuries. Not because I'm being respectful and trying desperately not to appear morbid, but Because I don't care if they've had amputations or not. It's not in the slightest bit interesting, happens everyday. Why would anyone want go know that? Surely all they want to know is why a fairground ride crashed?

I worked with her once when she MC'd the opening of a building. She is beyond awful...so terribly insecure, desperately wants any man important or rich to fancy her (however old, fat or ugly he may be), and worst of all she is one of those women that absolutely hates other woman. The definition of a woman who pulls the ladder up behind her. If she spots any woman that might be younger, prettier or more talented than her (not a great challenge), she gets like a spitting ferret....

On the upside I think she is an enormously unhappy person, which gives me some pleasure....

'spitting ferret'

That's how I took it, enlightened. It's not dissimilar to what we do at work. So if AT were already doing A,B and C, the question is, what is D, should they already have known about and been doing D, and if they had been doing D, would it have prevented the accident.

Burley skillfully managed to avoid all those issues. Which is quite impressive.

I love her, shes fab to watch. The stuff in kl was staggering, her going on about an awful media scrum despite her being part of said scrum.

She is the most experienced news presenter in the UK... Hope she doesn't ever leave sky, its comical gold most of the time.

Isn't this just the sky hating guardian trying to whip up some attention?

It wouldn't have been right for him to talk about someone else's medical condition. It also wouldn't be right to comment on the HSE.
She wasn't wrong to ask but the way she did it was bloody awful.
And yes she avoided asking the right questions.

Agree, Rafa. It's the same approach as airlines after crashes. Not sure why it was hard for her to grasp

She is incompetent, stupid, rude, annoying and I REALLY don't understand how she still has a job.
I though the guy from AT did a remarkable job of keeping calm and responding extremely professionally and sensitively to her attack.
This is just the latest in a very long line of complete fuck ups by her.

"Shall we all just brush it under the carpet because some people think it's a bit unseemly to talk about these people's injuries and other people's safety?"

It's not a matter of being unseemly. It's the straightforward principle that your medical information is your own and unless he had been specifically authorised by the injured people, he cannot breach that.

Any medical information he might have received would have been in confidence, as part of the ongoing information.

And even an abdominal numptycunt should really have known that.