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25-12-2008, 18:42
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So was Ch.4 right to broadcast the 'Alternative' Xmas Speech
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7799652.stm
Personally I think he and CH.4 and has been over villifed for broadcasting this speech. In as much as I have no tolerance for regimes and despots, neither do I have time for the slanted and biased media we have in the UK today. Last edited by loki; 25-12-2008 at 18:48. |
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25-12-2008, 18:50
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I'd agree about the slanted media, however I'm not keen on allowing him on TV to lie. His track record for two faced speaking leaves me rather inclined to feel its all just a waste of time.
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25-12-2008, 19:31
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I'm politically, ideologically, and morally opposed to probably 99% of what he says but that's no reason for the British media to castigate C4, as much as it has, for choosing to at least offer us a different perspective for once. Let *us* decide what we think of the guy - we don't and shouldn't need our view of the world to be censored.
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25-12-2008, 22:06
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I think the news just made a bit of a fuss about it because it's such a slow news day today to be honest.
It wasn't even especially controvserial. How about the govt stay out of commenting on a private broadcaster and let the public make up their own opinions? 
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25-12-2008, 23:51
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26-12-2008, 03:38
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You leave Coronation Street out of this!.....low blow!
I'd rather they stepped in and did the nation a favour and burned both Simon Cowell, phone votes, and anything to do with 'talent shows' unless it's real talent. I'm personally not comfortable with the idea of this particular broadcast. Who's up next year, Mugabe? |
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26-12-2008, 12:41
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Was I the only one laughing at him and it making him and his country look like ****
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26-12-2008, 12:55
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26-12-2008, 18:36
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Can't see a major problem with it, but I also don't really see the point. Maybe they could have done more and turned it into some kind if intelligent debate show or something. Just showing a speech (I haven't seen it so assuming it was just a speech) seems a bit pointless to me.
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