tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post4467384518036581747..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: Mail on Sunday attacks BBC for word they didn't actually broadcastMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-72934325536873987642011-06-09T09:36:28.835+01:002011-06-09T09:36:28.835+01:00I see Private Eye has picked up on your piece - al...I see Private Eye has picked up on your piece - almost word for word in places.Snappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261873932153177358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-68082177435593084302011-06-07T17:24:44.428+01:002011-06-07T17:24:44.428+01:00I don't know what everyone's getting so wo...I don't know what everyone's getting so worked up about. Clearly Sandi was making a reference to her Danish heritage with a joke about King Cnut, who attempted to hold back the tides in the same way the Tories are trying to hold back the tides of recession. And their cuts are about as effective as Cnut commanding the tides to stop, hence they are a bunch of useless Cnuts. Nothing offensive about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-61371890523566464782011-06-06T10:57:27.096+01:002011-06-06T10:57:27.096+01:00Minor point but the joke was:
George Osbourne, no...Minor point but the joke was:<br /><br />George Osbourne, now theres a man who puts the N in cuts.<br /><br />They can even quote rightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-68327407741136331622011-06-06T10:42:21.331+01:002011-06-06T10:42:21.331+01:00@snappy She's also from Denmark, one of those ...@snappy She's also from Denmark, one of those awful foreign European countries.<br /><br />She ticks all the boxes on the DM fury list. Immigrant, Lesbian (in a civil partnership and with children), BBC, Funny, luke-warm offensive, but in an intelligent way that the DM readership won't understand. I'm surprised Dacre doesn't have a price on her head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-26646285532543384982011-06-06T09:26:28.763+01:002011-06-06T09:26:28.763+01:00So...this is the same Peter Hitchens, who crusades...So...this is the same Peter Hitchens, who crusades against censorship, who now wants the BBC to be censored? YOUCUDDENMAYKIDDUP!!!Old Applejacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-54800051182453140932011-06-05T22:08:36.854+01:002011-06-05T22:08:36.854+01:00@ejh - You beat me to it. I'm sure that the tr...@ejh - You beat me to it. I'm sure that the transcript of any conversations from Paul Dacre's office would be unsuitable for publication.<br />@Tom (iow) - Since Sandy Toksvig is lesbian, I doubt the Daily Fail readership would consider her a "lady".Snappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261873932153177358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-25419603584709476972011-06-05T21:31:09.164+01:002011-06-05T21:31:09.164+01:00What I can't understand is how people can buil...What I can't understand is how people can build themselves up into a frenzy of outrage over even the inference of a word (and not even the word itself) and yet when it comes down to REAL issues like Westminster Council trying to make it a criminal offence to give homeless people food, that there's a quiet sitting on hands, and looking away. Which of the two situations is truly offensive in civilised society?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-49830658569766927902011-06-05T16:51:53.700+01:002011-06-05T16:51:53.700+01:00The retired newspaper exec seems desperate to be i...The retired newspaper exec seems desperate to be in the limelight. Here's him appearing in other non-news news stories: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23392072-police-called-in-over-joke-about-squirrels.do<br /><br />I assume by the presence of his picture that he was the one spinning the story.OBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-39421907284305143772011-06-05T16:38:08.884+01:002011-06-05T16:38:08.884+01:00Many years ago (1992), the BBC did a rather amusin...Many years ago (1992), the BBC did a rather amusing joke about John Major. You may remember that where most of pronounce "want" as though it is spelled "w-a-n-t" he used to say it as though it was "w-u-n-t". And a cheeky BBC type, in a comedy sketch, said, "For you, Prime Minister, there is no such word as 'can't'". It was before the Mail had a website, so I expect there was no furious row erupting. Or something.lushdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382758848021491865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-55982799387759241552011-06-05T14:14:13.094+01:002011-06-05T14:14:13.094+01:00That is quite funny - and chances are kids listeni...That is quite funny - and chances are kids listening who happen to chance by The News Quiz will have no idea what Toksvig is referring to. If they did, they know the word already and it's not as if they won't learn a little bit of culture. I don't see what the problem is...Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-5761560271607596202011-06-05T10:59:13.886+01:002011-06-05T10:59:13.886+01:00The bit about 'most offensive to women' is...The bit about 'most offensive to women' is pretty patronising too, in a sort of 'would you allow your wife to read this' sort of way. Not to mention that the joke in question was made by a woman!Tom (iow)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-47797460589631702752011-06-05T09:09:04.167+01:002011-06-05T09:09:04.167+01:00I remember that joke on the News Quiz. "The T...I remember that joke on the News Quiz. "The Tories - the party who put the N into cuts" or something similar. I thought it was pretty funny. Never even occurred to me people might be offended. (Except Tories, but they should be used to it by now...) And they weren't, in general - one person complains, and the Mail are all over it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-30310437956888624442011-06-05T07:37:18.146+01:002011-06-05T07:37:18.146+01:00Its the same old nonsense, Max Miller used to have...Its the same old nonsense, Max Miller used to have to put up with this. Yes they alluded to that word, but that's the point. The listener puts it together and laughs (or not as in the case of the complainant). If you don't have the experience to put it together, I.E. you're too young to get the joke, then nothing rude has actually been said. <br /><br />So what's being complained about is that a joke is being made in a way that adults will understand, but protects children from profanity. <br /><br />The BBC are such terrible people.Curahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-42912405037946161572011-06-05T05:38:47.903+01:002011-06-05T05:38:47.903+01:00Paul Dacre, monologues, etc etc etcPaul Dacre, monologues, etc etc etcejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com