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Yeah, even if Newsnight itself isn't always free from the kind of 'news' broadcasting that makes my eyes bleed (their "special reports" can still be very Day Today) - Jeremy Paxman is a bit of a hero. Two things I like best about him:
1. The way he's tough on everyone, pretty much equally, thus showing up the people who are full of shit. The edition where he first had a couple of anti-war people, and asked them the difficult questions, and then interviewed the Labour chairman guy was brilliant, and yet so frustrating - basically the fucko wouldn't even attempt to even understand the idea that there's more than one type of viewpoint that's against the bombings... it went something like this:
Paxman: "So what would you say to those people who agree we need to take some kind of action, perhaps even military action, but who don't feel that the bombing is an effective strategy?"
Labour fucko: "Well, I think we need to remember how many people died on September 11 and realise that we can't just let Bin Laden get away with it."
2. The way that, after he's conducted another particularly depressing, frustrating interview that yet again leads one to conclude that the People In Charge are both stupid and malign, dear Paxman will often turn back to the camera, and let out a deeply troubled, weary sigh, or raise his eyebrows in "I know, I know, what can you do?" resignation. The look on his face after the American senator told him he hoped that the FBI etc would treat people differently if they weren't US citizens (on the same show as the above) was just priceless.
[ 08-11-2001: Message edited by: Flyboy ] |
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