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| Wogan slams 'easy' newsreader job | Wogan slams 'easy' newsreader job |
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| Broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan has laid into newsreaders calling them "self important" and labelling the profession "the easiest job in the media". | Broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan has laid into newsreaders calling them "self important" and labelling the profession "the easiest job in the media". |
| The BBC Radio 2 breakfast show host made the comments in his forthcoming book, Where Was I?! The World According To Terry Wogan. | The BBC Radio 2 breakfast show host made the comments in his forthcoming book, Where Was I?! The World According To Terry Wogan. |
| "Newsreading is not something to get self-important about," he said. | |
| The star was referring to an unnamed journalist who refused to sit in the same studio as his co-presenter. | The star was referring to an unnamed journalist who refused to sit in the same studio as his co-presenter. |
| "Why your man left in such a huff is a mystery. It's a piece of cake, the easiest job in the media," Sir Terry, 71, said. | "Why your man left in such a huff is a mystery. It's a piece of cake, the easiest job in the media," Sir Terry, 71, said. |
| And before you start with the 'fair play old boy, there's more to it than that', I was a radio and TV newsreader and there isn't Sir Terry Wogan | And before you start with the 'fair play old boy, there's more to it than that', I was a radio and TV newsreader and there isn't Sir Terry Wogan |
| "Get your good suit and tie on, a quick dab in make-up (in Fiona Bruce's case, the lippy is going to take a tad longer), make yourself comfy and here comes the six o'clock news, all written nicely and clearly before your very eyes. | "Get your good suit and tie on, a quick dab in make-up (in Fiona Bruce's case, the lippy is going to take a tad longer), make yourself comfy and here comes the six o'clock news, all written nicely and clearly before your very eyes. |
| "Read it clearly and distinctly, ask the reporter the questions you have written down in front of you." | "Read it clearly and distinctly, ask the reporter the questions you have written down in front of you." |
| Sir Terry, who attracts more than eight million people to his radio show, said he knows exactly what the job entails because he has done it himself. | Sir Terry, who attracts more than eight million people to his radio show, said he knows exactly what the job entails because he has done it himself. |
| "And before you start with the 'fair play old boy, there's more to it than that', I was a radio and TV newsreader and there isn't." | "And before you start with the 'fair play old boy, there's more to it than that', I was a radio and TV newsreader and there isn't." |
| The book will be published on 9 September. | The book will be published on 9 September. |