"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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michael adams wrote:
Dunno if you saw John Cleese on Newsnight, but he produced figures on how
well people in EU countries regard their press, and the UK came at the
bottom of the table. But then many would probably have guessed that.

Oh come on !

The question was along the lines of how many people trust what they
read in the press.

Is regard really so different to trust?

The intereview is available on the BBC News website.


The obvious retort to that, which Emily Maitless, as per usual missed
by a mile, is that being rather more sophisticated than people in other
countries, they will naturally take a more cynical view of what they read
in the press.

Ah - right. The English are so superior to any foreigner. Says it all
really.

I'm not sure he was even talking about English people specifically
rather than British people in general but you're not trolling me into
replaying the extract as you'll simply ignore it if I happen to be
correct.



What the likes of Cleese should be rather more concerned about, are
countries where say 90% of the population believe what they read in the
press.

Cleese can be concerned about whatever he wants to be. He is *not* some
politician or spokesman for anything. Just a rather sad old man.

Ah right. So he just so happened to be walking past the Newsnight
studios wherever they are, Newsnight were short of an item, a
member of the editorial team just happened to look out the window
at that very moment and thought "Let's invite John Cleese onto the
programme to talk about whatever he likes." That happens a lot on
Newsnight then does it ? Inviting people in off the street who just
happened to be passing ?


The usual let's shoot the messenger.

Make your mind up. He was just a "rather sad old man" a moment
ago.

Just because you might like watching sad old men chuntering on about
whetever comes into their heads and being given an easy ride by
the likes of Emily Maitlees doesn't mean everyone else should
have to agree with him, or you.



michael adams

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