well did Hard Talk today, must be the most difficult tv show possible I have seen others reduced to tears and they always give interviewees a very hard time.
I was taken in by an assistant, I said to her how 'hard' 'hard talk' was, she insisted no problem and they were quite gentle....but I recounted how I had seen them demolish a prominent member of parliament and she let her guard down!
Yes its 'hard', see how I got on...BBC news 24 tomorrow 4.30 pm and 11.30 pm!
20 Feb 2007
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I just caught the end of that show during a late lunch here in the mountains outside Japan.
I would say that being able to speak calmly while the foolishness is hitting the fan is very praisworthy, more power to your elbow. It is also comforting to find a place to type something into without very much searching. We should all be given a pinch of salt to cling to at birth. I still have some of mine, and use a lot of this valuable resource while watching the BBC.
I saw how you got on (but did someone make you dress like that-come on man-look in the mirror) and i liked what you said. I can't stand the small business mentality who promote poverty with their less minimum wags and less (small business equals small mind)under the pretext that competition creates wealth; for who. It is a degeneration into social chaos. http://paddunn.blogspot.com/ The pound shop mentality; I don't understand A fair price for labour and material, and if produce costs more then you have to save to be able to purchase: simple. Why have everything cheap and shoddy, just to keep the growing number of (leache) share holders making more. The tricle down effect my ass. Yes, look how well off the Nigerians are with the oil riches The government and oil companies have profited by hundreds of billions of dollars since oil was first discovered. Yet most Nigerians living in the oil producing regions are living in dire poverty. Rock on Derek. Careful you don't fall out of trees.
nice performance, but the shirt and jumper combo not so nice
If anyone read a transcript of this program they would say you did pretty well, although the questions were fairly predictable and I thought you were pretty disingenuous in not putting forward you anti-capitalist, eco-Marxist views more openly (Rather reminded me the front members of Militant used to present themselves to the media in the 1980s). The real problem though was not so much the clothes and the hair - although these were distracting - as your flat monotonous disengaged speaking style, which failed to convey any human qualities or personality whatsoever. Unless the BBC had spiked your tea with a large dose of Mogadon you really need some serious media training, I would say. Caroline Lucas came across as articulate, engaged and professional while this performance seemed like a throwback to 1970s or a clever David Brent style parody. Keith Taylor was better on TV too, I have to say. Can't help feeling that as far as charisma and political skills are concerned you really ain't no Joschka Fischer. Sorry to be so blunt. I liked your book, but someone needs to say this.
Hi,
while I am pretty open about my ecosocialism, this was a situation where I was asked questions and no growth, direct action, 'are the greens a waste of space', etc all came up and answered them as honestly as I could.
I would have loved 'why are you anti-capitalist' but this question didn't come up.
My goal for hardtalk was to survive it, isn't that anyone's goal going for 25 minutes of intensive and aggressive questions?
I have seen people with a lot more media training than me, close to tears after 10 minutes of the programme.
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