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Watchman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:07 am She probably was briefed, but like the current batch of Tories; knows better, too thick to understand what she was being briefed

And too much a Legendary Genius and Very Important Person to bother listening to underlings and other little people.

I can just imagine the frustration of her officials, preparing the likely questions and the prepared lines to answer them and then she just doesn't listen, doesn't understand or simply ignores them.

You could see those questions coming a mile off...

Or she's used to the media rounds, where the circular answer is OK, because all you need to do is run the clock down. No wonder they don't like extended scrutiny.

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:41 pm I can't believe she wasn't briefed to answer that question.

Maybe she was, and that was literally the best response anyone could come up with outside of an admission there are zero safe, legal routes for the vast majority of asylum seekers.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:22 am Or she's used to the media rounds, where the circular answer is OK, because all you need to do is run the clock down. No wonder they don't like extended scrutiny.

I think that's it.

Limit now is 8 minutes..

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:22 am Or she's used to the media rounds, where the circular answer is OK, because all you need to do is run the clock down. No wonder they don't like extended scrutiny.

As I always say, try doing that for an hour with Brian Walden.

Sunak has apparently now limited all interviews with ministers to 8 minutes.

How the actual fuck does he get away with that? What happened to a free press?

It's an interesting definition of free.

Free from scrutiny, mainly.

Free from so many things..

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:42 pm Sunak has apparently now limited all interviews with ministers to 8 minutes.

How the actual fuck does he get away with that? What happened to a free press?

You spelled "client press" wrong.

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:42 pm Sunak has apparently now limited all interviews with ministers to 8 minutes.

How the actual fuck does he get away with that? What happened to a free press?

He gets away with it because there are enough people in this country who been taught to hate the media more than they hate Tory ministers.

Then they must hate the media and slavishly trust it at the same time.

I shall call them Schrodinger's Fuckwits.

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:30 pm Then they must hate the media and slavishly trust it at the same time.

I shall call them Schrodinger's Fuckwits.

No, they absolutely don't trust the media, that's the point, they dismiss media stories they don't like as biased.
As for time limits on interviews, my understanding is that Sunak has now banned ministers from going on the Today programme altogether, that's the boycott of the BBC almost complete - I don't remember the last time I saw a minister appear on Newsnight.

That's what I'm getting at. I suppose it's a branch of confirmation bias.

I'm reminded of the time that a fellow canvasser was bawled out for ten minutes because it didn't matter that the hospital involved had confirmed that the photo of a four year old having to sleep on coats on the floor was genuine. Facebook said that it was fake, therefore we were all liars.

These people truly believe that the 'MSM' of the Mail, Express, Sun, Telegraph, Talk Radio, GB News et al are left-wing. That's all you need to know.

davidjay wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:03 pm These people truly believe that the 'MSM' of the Mail, Express, Sun, Telegraph, Talk Radio, GB News et al are left-wing. That's all you need to know.

Do they believe it though? Or is the claim of political bias simply their go to when they see a story reported in a way which doesn't fit their confirmation bias?

I don't think they have the faintest idea of what left or right-wing ideas might be. Dunning Kruger, much?

If Sunak's decided to avoid the scrutiny of broadcast analysis shows, the BBC and others ought to grow a set.

There's nothing to stop them inviting the shadow briefs to say their bit.
Then announce that we invited the cabinet minister, but they declined to appear.

Yes. That would be the right thing to do, but...