BBC Breakfast fans have praised Naga Munchetty for her expert handling of an MP in interview.
The journalist interviewed Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on the BBC One morning show on Friday (April 9).
Shapps was on the show to discuss the new traffic light system for travelling abroad from the UK.
Travellers will need to pay £120 for at least one PCR test, whilst countries are placed in a green, amber, or red category.
The category the country is placed in will influence the number of tests required.
Naga persisted in getting an answer from Shapps on whether he felt this price was “reasonable”.
However, as Shapps went on about “pre-departure tests”, Naga interjected.
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She said: “Indeed, I will push you on this but what do you think is a reasonable cost for this?”
When the government minister said he wished there was no cost, Naga fired back: “But there is, isn’t there? That’s the nature of the pandemic.”
When asked if refunds would need to be chased regarding the costs, Schapps replied: “We haven’t published which countries are in each category yet as we’re still too far away and as you know coronavirus changes all the time…”
Naga cut short the response there by saying: “Okay, so keep waiting. I’m very mindful of time, sorry, Grant Shapps.”
She then asked a final question before the interview ended.
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Naturally, the exchange got viewers talking on social media but many were praising Naga for her handling of the Transport Secretary on this key issue.
One viewer penned sarcastically: “How dare any journalist question this Government”.
Another person praised Naga for holding politicians to account and wrote: “Sorry, she’s too intelligent to keep quiet.”
Meanwhile, another Naga fan tweeted: “Really good to get some brave investigative journalism”.
They added: “I applaud Naga!”
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However, one person criticised the handling of the interview with Schapps, tweeting: “Once more driven to screaming at the tv by Naga Munchetty’s ‘questioning’ of Grant Schapps. Same (pointless)question over and over, no listening to answer. Only likes sound of her own voice.”
Yet, another person responded to this criticism and noted: “She is only trying to get at the facts”.
It was recently reported that some complaints to the BBC about Naga’s laughing over co-presenter Chris Stayt’s joke about the size of guest government minister Robert Jenrick’s Union Jack flag had prompted the organisation to involve the police.
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According to Private Eye, four were threatening in nature and were reported to the BBC’s security and investigations team and the police are now involved.
Meanwhile, many of the other complaints were deemed to show “overt racism/misogyny”, while 70 were noted to be “abusive”.
The BBC declined to comment when approached by The Mirror regarding this report.
*BBC Breakfast continues on weekday mornings from 6am on BBC One.
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Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-breakfast-fans-praise-naga-23884519