Emma "I get answers for a living" Barnett is always going to attract the interest of media journalists, especially those who take their cue from vocal listeners on social media; and the Today rota is going to be under scrutiny for some time.
The Mail says she may have made a complaint to BBC News CEO Deborah Turness, about co-presenter Nick Robinson being 'overbearing'; it may not have been a complaint, it may have been a statement, and it may not have happened - nonetheless it seems given legs by the fact the Emma and Nick have only been paired three times in 150 shows.
I've been chatting Today rota issues with former colleagues who, like me, wrote the blessed thing for months on end. Some things were set in stone, some things (like the shorter Saturday shows) were sought out by presenters, and some pairings, were, let us say, deemed sub-optimal.
The biggest staff sensitivity, in my day, was when two big beasts were together, and there was only one, juicy and obviously-headlining 0810 interview to be done. It was grim being the overnight editor breaking, quietly, the choice of presenter to handle that interview to them, as they shuffled to their desks at 0430am. The mood of the whole morning was darkened.
Maybe the current rota-meister is simply trying to limit those mornings.
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