tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post2208518831096216672..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: Shtum & Shtumer: The moronic mindset motivating much media mischiefDaphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-42383662093928178672012-01-26T02:40:25.858+11:002012-01-26T02:40:25.858+11:00Yes, it's a great line, Rita, and they've ...Yes, it's a great line, Rita, and they've used it more than once.<br /><br />You should have seen Al Beeb the other evening, reporting on BBC Trust chief Lord Patten's appearance before the Leveson Inquiry. Nicholas Witchell, their Royal Correspondent, did the honours, and reported Patten's appearance in the most nauseating sychophantic terms possible. It would surely win Witchell Private Eye's OBN ("Order of the Brown Nose").<br />Patten, of course, is pro-Palestinian...Daphne Ansonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-20653705132186002192012-01-26T01:52:49.193+11:002012-01-26T01:52:49.193+11:00"Half The Story, All The Time."
I just ...<b>"Half The Story, All The Time."</b><br /><br />I just LOVE that line! Although, I fear that with your headline "Shtum & Shtumer" you are giving the BBC too much benefit of the doubt. Being less generous than you, I think they are more than just "silent": I immediately thought of the infamous "Sturmer" as an ideological predecessor of that what the BBC has become.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_St%C3%BCrmer<br /><br />As to Al Beeb's hunt for racists:<br /><i>"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"</i>, or in more modern parlance: this is sheer psychological projection, if we are allowed to include anti-white in the concept of racism. All in my notsohumble opinion, of course;)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905667628853229999noreply@blogger.com