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Sky News wants to air more argument and opinion, like American news channels

on Sep 29, 2016 | 0 comments

By Ian Burrell

Fox News

Sky News is to take inspiration from American networks such as Fox News and CNN and introduce more opinionated content onto the channel, as it prepares for a major relaunch of its operations next month.

Its deputy head and strategic guru Graham McWilliam says that Ofcom rules on impartiality in news broadcasting were not a barrier to increasing the amount of “argument, debate and opinion”, which he said “brings liveliness” to a rolling news channel.

McWilliam says that he does not mean giving a platform to party politicians but building on the popularity of shows such as The Pledge and Press Preview Read full story ›

Source: The Drum