Friday, October 20, 2017

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The chemistry of the Today programme is easily disturbed. CNN's Christiane Amanpour was given a go this morning. Her voice suggested the vocal chords of Sarah Montague and Lyse Doucet had been put in a blender and coached back to a life of false emphasis by Garry Richardson. In the other chair, Justin Webb responded by moving to his most-clipped Captain Peacock impression, gently elbowing Christiane into the pips at 0700, and pointedly describing her as a "guest presenter".

Meanwhile Today editor Sarah Sands writes in the comment columns of the i newspaper about how she is selflessly saving the UK from Isis by the introduction of a daily puzzle. And, as a non-campaigning BBC hack, she suggests tuition fees for mathematicians should come from the public purse.

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