Naga Munchetty has taken a bit of a battering on social media for her interview techniques on BBC Breakfast. On today’s (November 20) edition of the programme, she and co-anchor Charlie Stayt welcomed the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, onto the sofa.
He was in the studio to discuss Greater Manchester’s billion-pound Good Growth Fund, which was made possible through “prudent borrowing” against future business rates.
Naga wasted no time at all in trying to get the answers to her questions, though.
Naga Munchetty was ‘unpleasant’ to BBC Breakfast guest Andy Burnham
Throughout Andy Burnham’s interview segment, Naga Munchetty has been accused of repeatedly interrupted him as he tried to explain himself.
“Let me answer your question,” he interjected at one point.
The interviewer’s demeanour did not sit well with fans writing on social media site X. As the show was airing, one user wrote: “Andy Burnham schooling @BBCBreakfast and they don’t like it. Interrupting, not letting him finish his sentence.”
“Ridiculous questioning from Naga creating something from nothing,” added another.
A third BBC Breakfast viewer found the interview “diabolical”, slating the “unprofessional” manner of Naga. “Stop with the interrogations,” read a fourth online reaction.
“I come down in the morning, grab a cuppa and pop #bbcbreakfast on to ease me into the day. NOT to listen to the tv equivalent of a snowball fight. Sort yourself out, Naga Munchetty, that verbal joust with Andy Burnham was a mess & not what I watch breakfast tv for,” tweeted yet another irritated viewer.
‘Part of the territory’
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