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February 19, 2008

“Newsround for tweenagers”: the verdict on Five News…with Natasha Kaplinsky

By colinc

Stephen Brooks of MediaGuardian reviews Five News…with Natasha Kaplinsky on its debut night.

 One poster to the blog calls the show, which led with a piece about Britain’s most banned driver,  “Newsround for tweenagers”.

Over at the Daily Mail, Quentin Letts contends that the Kaplinsky’s reported £1 million a year salary was not enough “given what the programme could do to her journalistic reputation”.

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