In the lead up to the London 2012 Olympics, a judge had banned the BBC from broadcasting a program that featured interviews with people who rioted in the UK’s capital in August 2011.
The BBC has offered a brief statement:
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The video you can see after the break is described as, ‘The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER…’.
It shows “the new HBO series The Newsroom explaining why America’s Not the Greatest Country Any Longer… But It Can Be.” Yes, once more Aaron Sorkin manages to tailor more new clothes for the emperor.
This is apparently classifiable as thought provoking stuff. What thoughts, other than, “Isn’t that a speech from Mr Smith Goes to Washington or some other Frank Capra movie and one thing that most nations need is a memory which isn’t drenched in sentimentality?”
Or maybe the thought, “When was this period in American history when the USA public was more informed?”
Go away Matthew. Or rather, go away Matthew’s sub-editor because I’d imagine that Mr Norman doesn’t write his own strap lines. That said, Matthew does conclude his pointless analysis (he’s paid for it remember) with:
"For that vast majority of us who prefer Wagner’s Spice Girls cover, for all its monstrosity, to an earlier namesake’s Ring Cycle, there is nothing for it but to sit back, put up with the interminable tears and advert breaks, and enjoy the ride. We are all Cowell’s Children now."
No, no we are not Matthew. Not by a long chalk. I can quite happily spend however long the X-Factor is on for doing many other things (none of which include listening to Wagner’s Ring Cycle). So far this has not excluded me from my colleagues or friends; I’m not ostracised.