A letter to The Times from Sir Ronald Neil, 78, of Teddington - former Director of BBC News and Current Affairs and, as plain Ron Neil, launch editor of BBC Breakfast. Could it be an apology to Selina Scott, for pairing her with Frank Bough ? She told The Sunday Times yesterday that Mr Bough made 'smutty remarks' to her about his manhood, and noted that he was paid four times more than she was.
No, it's about one of Ron's specialist subjects - tv graphics.
Sir, When will No 10 employ a decent graphics artist? The charts that Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty put on the screen at these press briefings may be fine for a conference where there is time to study them, but they are hopeless for a few brief seconds on the TV screen. There is far too much information, the type sizes are often too small to read, and sometimes part of the image is bleeding off the side of the screen. No 10 should take a lesson from the TV news channels, whose graphics are simple and easy for the already confused audience to follow.
Ronald Neil
Former head of BBC News
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