Question Darwin (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
http://www.questiondarwin.com/ It pains me in more ways than one to post this, but innocently watching University Challenge with my family last night, presenter Jeremy Paxman ONCE AGAIN used his privileged position to unfairly and dishonestly caricaturise, misrepresent and attack Darwin dissent. As I have blogged before, this is the third such occasion. At least he managed to control...
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | yesterday
... starting to invest billions in mitigating climate change by investing in green technologies. Join Jeremy Paxman for all that at 10.30pm.
British National Party (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Minister’s cross questioning in the new year. In April 2005, Mr Blair was asked on the BBC by Jeremy Paxman if he had seen confidential Foreign Office advice that the Iraq war was illegal. Mr Blair replied: “No. I had the Attorney General’s advice to guide me.” In reality, Lord Goldsmith had submitted a memo to 10 Downing Street in July 2002, explicitly warning Mr Blair that invading...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... the criteria of seeking peaceful resolution absolutely. Or of Blair's many interviews with Jeremy Paxman, Dimbleby et al in which he lied flagrantly - about everything from Operation Firefox to the (5% entirely decomposed and non-viable and 95% destroyed) WMDs. One also wonders when the UN is going to stop making post hoc resolutions in order to get what it - or those forcing its...
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
WHEN no less a figure than Jeremy Paxman opens Newsnight with a characteristically cross-sounding demand to know “What’s up with the Conservatives'” you know the main opposition party are having a bad week.
Wrinkled Weasel's World (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Writing in February 2007, Jeremy Paxman wrote, of the BBC's attitude to the climate change debate: the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago. Well, coming from Paxman, that's fairly compelling and unquestionably damning. It's been revealed this week that the BBC had sight of the "climategate" emails weeks ago and sat on them. Apparently...
Dickiebo (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2) Jeremy Paxman: What is another name for ‘cherrypickers’ and ‘cheesemongers’? Contestant: Homosexuals.. Jeremy Paxman: No. They’re regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2) Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is? Contestant: Geography isn’t...
Ephems of BLB (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
BBC Newsnight, 6 February, 2003 Jeremy Paxman and Tony Blair http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/2732979.stm JEREMY PAXMAN: … Will you give an undertaking to this audience, and indeed to the British people that before any military action you will seek another UN Resolution, specifically authorising the use of force. TONY BLAIR: We’ve said that that’s...
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... before Tony Blair? Contestant: George Bush. Books (on celebrity edition of University Challenge) Jeremy Paxman, presenter: Of all Beatrix Potter's books, which is the only one to feature a human in the title? Antony Beevor, author: Peter Rabbit The Arts (on 2CR FM) Presenter: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Caller: Leonardo Di Caprio. Film Studies (on Radio 2) Steve...
