The Dictatorship of the Etonariat
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Originally posted by vinteuil View PostBarbatus sed non barbarus
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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I can't help noticing that, having trashed Corbyn's carefully calculated neutrality for "indecision", the mainstream media have now taken to piling into Jo Swinson, claiming the Liberal Democrats' new policy as "too extreme", and effectively in betrayal of the majority vote.
This letter, from Janine Hukins of Wimborne, in next week's Radio Times, offers a taste of just how far things have drifted at Radio 4, just for starters:
"John Humphrys is leaving the Today programme (Radio 4) and I am already feeling bereft,
He is a superb interviewer and only interrupts when the subject is waffling, and then during a pause, not like with other presenters, who talk over the other person. His questions are to the point and he really listens to the answers. What shall we do without him?"
This, from Brenda Wolfe of Liverpool, is more like it:
John Humphrys has been on Today for more than 30 years and, as far as I am concerned, that's 30 years too long. The job of an interviewer is to elicit information, and when necessary give the interviewee enough rope to hang themselves, or to interject an incisive question to show up their attempts to deceive the public. Humphrys has simply indulged in a long, boring ego trip".
Last edited by Serial_Apologist; 18-09-19, 14:42.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostI can't help noticing that, having trashed Corbyn's carefully calculated neutrality for "indecision", the mainstream media have now taken to piling into Jo Swinson, claiming the Liberal Democrats' new policy as "too extreme", and effectively in betrayal of the majority vote.
This letter, from Janine Hukins of Wimborne, in next week's Radio Times, offers a taste of just how far things have drifted at Radio 4, just for starters:
"John Humphrys is leaving the Today programme (Radio 4) and I am already feeling bereft,
He is a superb interviewer and only interrupts when the subject is waffling, and then during a pause, not like with other presenters, who talk over the other person. His questions are to the point and he really listens to the answers. What shall we do without him?"
This, from Brenda Wolfe of Liverpool, is more like it:
John Humphrys has been on Today for more than 30 years and, as far as I am concerned, that's 30 years too long. The job of an interviewer is to elicit information, and when necessary give the interviewee enough rope to hang themselves, or to interject an incisive question to show up their attempts to deceive the public. Humphrys has simply indulged in a long, boring ego trip".
The LD position, like it or not, and whether or not it is borne of opportunism, is perfectly logical, and not that difficult to understand.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostThe insistence by the BBC that its audience can only deal with the simplest ideas about solutions to complex issues is really tiresome.
The LD position, like it or not, and whether or not it is borne of opportunism, is perfectly logical, and not that difficult to understand.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostBut maybe will not be helpful to Cornwall’s LD GE candidates.
Particularly when the tory position is , well what is it exactly ? Do or say whatever you can to keep the party together, and Labour out, whether legal or not.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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