Coronation Street this week has come in for a lot of criticism in the tabloid press, who have been running front page stories (The Star) saying that Corrie is in crisis and will be cancelled.
Where have these stories come from? They've been cobbled together by scraping Twitter feeds from people complaining about the show. Strange how they never put a story together from those tweets from people saying how much they enjoy it, isn't it? It's all clickbait and I hate it as much as the next sane person.
But in true clickbait style, the stories have been picked up and run by other tabloids, crappy news sites and just about everywhere else online. We didn't run any of these daft stories, because, well, Corrie? Cancelled? I don't think so.
But after the reports this week, and a story in The Sun today saying Kate Oates is 'fighting for her job' ITV Studios creative director John Whiston has come out and made a statement to Digital Spy which reads:
"In the last two years Kate Oates has transformed Coronation Street in the same way as she transformed Emmerdale when she was there.
"The show is now chock full of gripping, talked-about storylines, is tackling ground-breaking social issues and, most importantly for a commercial channel such as ITV is delivering strong ratings,
"Coronation Street's audience share is up year on year, an impressive feat for a 57-year-old soap on our screens six times a week."
So there you have it.
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