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BBC goes postal on Respect MP
Friday, May 06, 2005
10:21 AM
Listening to the brit election returns on the BBC World News Service last night, this interview.
George Galloway is a former Scottish MP who moved to urban London to challenge a Labor MP as the independent (running under his new Respect Party ticket as it's only candidate) on a strong anti-war ticket. The now-displaced MP was a black woman who was a prop to Blair's pro-war policies. Interestingly, in an urban district (many of which are anti-war) which includes a good slice of Moslem population, many of the shocked BBC commentators seemed to focus on this race being about...well...race. I don't know if they're right or not. But I came out feeling nothing but sympathy for Galloway.
Jeremy Paxman confronted him with the "have you stopped beating your wife" no-win question:
Mr Galloway, are you proud of having got rid of one of the very few black women in Parliament?
Regardless of the man's politics, I admire his refusal to rise to the bait. He stayed on the issues.
An hour later, apparently, the sms text messages and emails were pouring in to the BBC. One sms claimed the attack interview was "the end of British decency." I'd have to disagree, having seen a few British tabloids. And obviously Paxman is known for this kind of thing.
However, usually the BBC is a bit more constrained on the World Service. Obviously Paxman is famous for this style of attack interview. Perhaps he was not a good choice for election reporting.
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