I've given up watching and listening to the BBC news, it is little better than a video/audio version of "The Sun".
Channel 4 news isn't bad, but for most things that matter I use the Econmist website.
On the subject of "filming" most of the Williams "videos" are taken using a Canon EOS 60D, a good mid price SLR, in video mode plus a seperate microphone. The quality seems to be good: I suspect the skill is in video editing and post production.
