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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on October 07, 2005, 04:53:00 am

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: aldo_14 on October 07, 2005, 04:53:00 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4318284.stm

You'd have to have seen BBC1 to 'get' this......

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: karajorma on October 07, 2005, 06:34:46 am

Frost is a wimp. I'd like to see Paxman on al-Jazeera.

I still can't have a conversation about Micheal Howard without it dissolving in to a round of "But did you threaten to overrule him?" jokes :D

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: IPAndrews on October 07, 2005, 06:54:35 am

No doubt he'll be pushing for the much sought after time slot straight after the daily beheading. Seriously though, what a traitorous **** getting involved with that lot.

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: aldo_14 on October 07, 2005, 06:56:14 am

"So Osama, straight onto the tough issues that we all want answers for.

Would you like a biscuit?"

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: vyper on October 07, 2005, 09:04:00 am

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Originally posted by IPAndrews
No doubt he'll be pushing for the much sought after time slot straight after the daily beheading. Seriously though, what a traitorous **** getting involved with that lot.

:wtf:



I say again: :wtf:?

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: mikhael on October 08, 2005, 09:44:45 pm

I'm trying to understand why an englishman taking a job with al-Jazeira is 'treason'. Are we going to the Anne Coulter school of character assassination now?

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: Rictor on October 08, 2005, 10:57:41 pm

Erm....al Jazeera was founded by the staff of BBC Arabic after it closed down. The impression I got from Control Room ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Room") was that al-J is pretty buddy-buddy with British journalists.

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: aldo_14 on October 09, 2005, 11:49:03 am

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Originally posted by mikhael
I'm trying to understand why an englishman taking a job with al-Jazeira is 'treason'. Are we going to the Anne Coulter school of character assassination now?

Because Al-J shows stuff from militants, etc, that probably wouldn't be shown on the bbc (etc) for various reasons.  Because they seem to be the preferred recipient of tapes from various militant/terrorist groups, it seems to be interpreted that they're either connected or favouring them.

From all I can gather, Al-J is actually a pretty neutral/balanced channel; it's just that it has a different perspective to western media, so of course it's focus will more be upon the islamic/arab views.

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: mikhael on October 09, 2005, 11:55:49 am

Ah, in that case George W. Bush is a traitor because he knowingly goes on television stations that show stuff from various militant/terrorist groups.

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: BlackDove on October 09, 2005, 11:59:30 am

?

Which ass did you pull that conclusion out of?

Weird. :wtf:

aldo's right though.

Title: Asking the hard questions?
Post by: aldo_14 on October 09, 2005, 12:02:03 pm

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Originally posted by mikhael
Ah, in that case George W. Bush is a traitor because he knowingly goes on television stations that show stuff from various militant/terrorist groups.

Noo....it's not the showing, but the being chosen to show that's important here.