{"id":102006,"date":"2023-12-19T14:20:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=102006"},"modified":"2023-12-19T14:20:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T14:20:30","slug":"kirsty-wark-blasts-bbc-bosses-with-12-word-attack-as-she-quits-newsnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/kirsty-wark-blasts-bbc-bosses-with-12-word-attack-as-she-quits-newsnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsty Wark blasts BBC bosses with 12-word attack as she quits Newsnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirsty Wark jokes about Scottish Independence position in 2014<\/h3>\n

Kirsty Wark has shared her thoughts about the cuts being made to the BBC Two programme Newsnight. The 68-year-old is Newsnight’s longest-serving presenter and has fronted the show for three decades.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4\u2019s Woman\u2019s Hour, Kirsty shared her thoughts on the recent decisions. The broadcaster announced last month that the show was being cut down to 30 minutes, along with over half of its staff going.<\/p>\n

Kirsty confessed: \u201cIt was really a tough time for everybody. In this world, it\u2019s all about the brand and Newsnight is a massive brand for BBC Two.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially in an election year, every single night we will interrogate what is going to be a critical election. So, it\u2019s not about killing it, I mean some people wanted to kill it maybe.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, lots of people didn’t want to kill it and I think whatever happens down the line, it\u2019s going to be in hale and hearty health. We won\u2019t have some of our best editors, but we will still have Nick Watt running up to an election.<\/p>\n

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The 68-year-old confessed to Emma that if it had been up to her, she wouldn\u2019t have made the same choice as the BBC.<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cI\u2019m going to be bullish about this and I think I wouldn’t have done it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved Newsnight the way it was, but your point about linear [TV] is not lost.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody has to change and so I think there is a future for Newsnight and I think it will be in a different format.\u201d<\/p>\n

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