Am I the only person to find the BBC's News presenter Michelle [Misery face] Hussein to have been really rude by interrupting the PM almost before he had time to start answering her somewhat repetitive questions? She was surrounded with data sheets which she had to refer to whereas the PM answered politely 'without hesitation' and I think the BBC should consider demoting Ms Hussein to a job more suitable to her talent level, which is pretty low.

Perhaps the Weather Report would be the place.

Sunday 12th Aug

Aviate, it is a standard tactic used in almost all BBC "interviews" now as it means the BBC has the chance to make sure that only their viewpoint is known, facts do not come into it, and by doing what they do they can try to make those being "interviewed" look like fools whilst making the truly leftist views of the BBC look like "truth" and "honesty".

It's hardly anything new

Call me Dave is a politician so any answer is normally to a question he has not been asked.

True, racedo, but being given a chance to answer would be a nice change.

That woman also continually pushed her own pet project: "I'm sure that introducing competitive sport at an early age damages young children, and therefore providing money for competitive sport shouldn't happen, but you should provide money for general physical education in schools instead".

Idiot! She's supposed to report news not try to influence funding to her wishes.

No, she pushed the BBC dogma, and in this case that is something that has clearly been stated as being an issue in the way that schools treat PE.

You don't create "winners" by telling them that they shouldn't be "winners" at an early age.

Where is this interview ? on iplayer ??

I will retire in December after 26 years as a teacher, including the last 16 as a Head. I have absolutely no idea where people get the idea that primary school children are not allowed to lose. Or, in the same vein, that they are not 'wrong' wen they speel wrds rong! At St Golf's, if you are not good enough, you are not in the team. Funnily enough, Mummy doesn't pick the school team- much as she'd like to.

CG

Sorry for the drift.

The BBC seems to specialise in promoting odious types - Chakrabati, anyone?

Chakrabati, anyone?

Which one?

"I'm sure that introducing competitive sport at an early age damages young children, and therefore providing money for competitive sport shouldn't happen..

In Asia and Australia, I spent a lot of time as (volunteer) coach in junior rugby. It was astonishing to see how Pakistanis, Indians and Bangladeshis kept their kids out of this wonderful sport, apparently not keen on seeing their sons (and, in the case of women's rugby, daughters) being roughed up a bit. Apparently, they do like more genteel activities. "Hussein" fits that template well.

Is anybody at the BBC allowed to interview without pushing the Corporation agenda?

Hard Talk presenters since Tim Sebastian (?) to whoever now presents that pile of cack all ask a question and then interupt the person being interviewed answer. Presenters need to know the subject and discuss, not to work to a "script".

Is anybody at the BBC allowed to interview without pushing the Corporation agenda?



it seems not, try listening to R4 for say 3 days or a week and you'll see the tint and left leaning.. i was listening to an interview a couple of weeks regarding the economy and any time the invited to interview conservative representative was asked a question he was interrupted every time after about 2-3 words. of course the lib dem Representative was give a little more time, but no UKIP representative was invited

the labour representative was allowed to ramble on and on pushing the party politik until the interviewer thanked the chap and had to wrap up as the slot was running out of time.

The BBC has really become a propaganda station and it is a pity as it once lauded for its news and programme making, it not even a shadow of its former self. i seriously doubt that it would be able to survive in a competitive environment

It's a sad reflection on society today. Wherever you look you can find individuals from perceived minority groups fulfilling a role that is way above their ability for the sake of making the numbers up.

I would have been delighted to see Dave deliver a withering put-down.

"I'm sure that introducing competitive sport at an early age damages young children, and therefore providing money for competitive sport shouldn't happen, but you should provide money for general physical education in schools instead".


Typical left wing comment. It really makes me mad that they still get away with promoting this trash. Pray how does it exactly damage young children??

The problem of not allowing a pollie to answer is common over here in Aus
as well.

The interviewers are sometimes "over eager" and the other day I heard a
politician stop mid answer as he was interrupted and say "You asked me
a question, now please give me the courtesy of letting me answer it".


Non competitive sport - implemented by lefties who have bred children not as good as others and so when compared to other children, don't want them shown in a bad light.

I would have been delighted to see Dave deliver a withering put-down.

The problem with doing that is that then the propaganda machine goes into overdrive using clips that are carefully edited to make the person who has been on the receiving end look as if he is the sort of person who has no compassion whatsoever and is therefore unfit for office.

I am confused.

I have not seen the interview but, and it's a rather significant but, it would appear that said interviewer asked questions that were not conducive with polishing the ego of CMD and thus "incadescent with rage " duly took exception probably by virtue of being a loyal supporter.

Is there a clip available so that the issue can be evidenced to support, or otherwise, this outburst of angst ?

So what's the difference between this intervew and the one that seems to have raised the BP in some quarters ?

Jeremy Paxman's infamous Michael Howard interview - BBC - YouTube


There again, is there anything wrong with giving Cameron, or any politician in fact, a hard time and asking questions the party faithful would prefer not to be asked ?

I will retire in December after 26 years as a teacher, including the last 16 as a Head. I have absolutely no idea where people get the idea that primary school children are not allowed to lose. Or, in the same vein, that they are not 'wrong' wen they speel wrds rong! At St Golf's, if you are not good enough, you are not in the team. Funnily enough, Mummy doesn't pick the school team- much as she'd like to.

I went to my step daughters primary school end of term play and award afternoon.

The awards are handed out to students who have achieved outside of school. Some of them were well deserved, but the others were just laughable. Little jimmy who finished 29th out of 30 competitors gets a gold star and a book voucher etc.

That's not success, the kid failed, and it makes a joke and devalues the other awards handed out especially the girl who won a national competition at highland dance, or the boy who plays football with a local junior team and scored 40+ goals in one season and his team won the league. What must they think?

It also tells jimmy he can be mediocre and still get rewarded.

Which one?

enjoyed that one Basil..!

:ok:

individuals from perceived minority groups fulfilling a role that is way above their ability for the sake of making the numbers up.


which nicely describes Cameron.

Which one?


There's a difference?

There again, is there anything wrong with giving Cameron, or any politician in fact, a hard time and asking questions the party faithful would prefer not to be asked ?
Of course not, part of the role of the media is to hold people to account. Cameron has a habit (along with most politicians) of ignoring questions he doesn't like, I've certainly no problem with journalists giving him a hard time.

As for BBC bias, it's all a left-wing conspiracy as always. I mean look at the political editor, Nick Robinson...oh wait no he's the ex-chairman of the young conservatives. Whatever side your on, the BBC will always seem biased against you, similar to the way in which the ref is always wrong giving that penalty against your team at football.

I too watched that interview. It would seem the BBC are pushing the legacy agenda in what seems to be a rather hysterical way, before we all lose interest after the games have finished.

I too thought that the interviewer was being rather offensive in a manner completely out of sync with the prevailing feeling of good will and general pleasantness surrounding the games. It grated somewhat.

Stuck,

I listen to the Today prog every (school) morning in the car. John Hump seems to treat pollies wth content no matter what the persuasion. I think he goes too far too often. But biased- me no thinky! Stark contrast to how he treats members of the public, btw.

CG

" being rather offensive in a manner completely out of sync with the prevailing feeling of good will and general pleasantness surrounding the games"

Maybe she, like many of us in fact, doesn't entirely share the belief being propagated above and takes a more realistic approach to life ?.

And the Politics of envy revisit, it's why the country is fecked :(

I mean look at the political editor, Nick Robinson...oh wait no he's the ex-chairman of the young conservatives.

A lone Bluebell in a field of Poppies ;)

I listen to the Today prog every (school) morning in the car. John Hump seems to treat pollies wth content no matter what the persuasion. I think he goes too far too often. But biased- me no thinky! Stark contrast to how he treats members of the public, btw.


the problem i have with it is that it often ignores the 'elephant in the room', politically, and if you are going to pass political questions you can't simply choose to ignore the failing of side side of the spectrum while decrying the other, other wise it's bias... the other thing that grates the BBC keeps pushing its bloody global warming/climate change agenda :=:=

[sarcasm /on]
gardeners questions; caller from berkshire..'what can i plant that is low maintenance...?'

and..... they are off with AGW/CC and what plants are best suited to a UK that has the temperature and environment of Phoenix, Az... :hmm:

[sarcasm /off]

Call me Dave is a politician so any answer is normally to a question he has not been asked.
It's a game, innit.

The politician has a message to get across, they don't give a toss what the questions are, that's not why they're spending their time talking to the media.

The media on the other hand aren't interested in what the politician has to say, they're only interested in their "story", even when they haven't got one.

During one interview I managed to say what I wanted to say, but the interviewer also managed to get his point across. So as I was leaving the studio I said to the producer "I reckon that one was a draw, what do you think?" ... she agreed with me.

Live interviews have their pluses and minuses. On the plus side, if you do succeed in saying what you've turned up to say it's gone out live, so you've won, because they can't edit it out before broadcast. On the minus side they might, just might, ask some genuinely meaningful awkward questions to which you don't know the answers. (And you can't lie, because you will get found out, which is guaranteed to be worse than whatever you wanted to hide.)

Bit of a toss-up, really. In my case if the interview topic is something I reckon can be a good news story I'll do it live, but if it's a damage limitation exercise it's "sorry, prior engagement when you want to broadcast, but I can pre-record".

No, I haven't had any media training, you can probably tell! - but I don't suppose that's any different to most politicians in the UK.

I am not happy with the BBC as the interview demonstrates a total lack of manners. It also demonstrated that the BBC wasn't actually interested in the truth what so ever. But then (apologies for the grammar) I don't expect anything else from the BBC.

As for politicians, well then. Politicians go out their way to avoid answering questions; they try to put forward a party political point of view, or they attempt to lie whether by omission or misdirection. Personally I hold politicians in utter contempt, irrespective of political leaning.

I feel that the media has much to do with how politicians behave, along with the politicans' greed and self delusion.

The countries economy is going to hell in a handcart..............

Do you think we could stop thinking now about the jumping and running business and try and get a few people back to work and perhaps find a way to get some growth back into the economy.

I know Dave and all his cabinet are millionaires and only try and protect the rich in the UK. perhaps they could try and do something for somebody else perhaps? They have certainly had long enough now.

but no UKIP representative was invited

And why would they be ?

They have no MPs and average votes per candidate was less than 2000..............on that basis respect with 3,300 per candidate have a right to be added on.

treat pollies wth content


Er, did you mean contempt?

See me after class.

And why would they be ?



i was of course being facetious racedo.. :ok:

Guilty as charged, Vulc. Though the Hump seems content about treating them with contempt.

CG

Maybe she, like many of us in fact, doesn't entirely share the belief being propagated above and takes a more realistic approach to life ?.

If that's her personal opinion, fine. She's entitled to it. What she's NOT entitled to do is to use her job as a BBC Journo as a platform to propagate that opinion.

...asking questions the party faithful would prefer not to be asked ? You might be surprised if you knew what the "party faithful" discuss at association meetings. In the end, its the grass roots activists who determine party policy, not the pundits.

BTW its Mishal Husain, not Michelle Hussein. Those who complain about the media's reporting must be on-the-ball. Eh? What? ;)

Why is someone called Mishal Hussein doing an interview on behalf of the BBC? Surely they should have chosen a British person. :rolleyes: :ugh:

Originally Posted by Krystal n chips

Maybe she, like many of us in fact, doesn't entirely share the belief being propagated above and takes a more realistic approach to life ?.

I was referring to the post by Flap 5 as to how wonderful we should ( allegedly) all feel as a result of the Games being a success. The euphoria will dissipate very quickly now the Games are over. Only politicians think otherwise.

If that's her personal opinion, fine. She's entitled to it. What she's NOT entitled to do is to use her job as a BBC Journo as a platform to propagate that opinion.

Ah, right. Let me get this straight then. She posed a question that contained a relevant viewpoint contradictory in part to the one CMD was propagating, notably about investing ( nasty word in the current financial climate wouldn't you say ? ) to provided a good level of physical education rather than concentrating on those activities that are defined as competitive.

A fair point I would argue and thus why should she be accused of using her job to make this point. It is, after all, her job to ask such questions and make such points when dealing with politicians is it not?

Or maybe you would prefer to take every statement they issue as being factual, honest and having no other agenda than being for the benefit of the UK population overall.

In which case.....

Oh, VT1, you've done it now all right! ;)

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Perhaps interviewers should revert to the protocol of the 1950s. I think it was MacMillan that used to be asked searching questions such as "is there anything else you'd like to tell us Prime Minister?"

A British person for the BBC?

That would presuppose that one of the Bs in the BBC might stand for British and that the other might not stand for Bigoted?

But the foreign service is very nice when one is up country.

Hadn't realised Northampton is no longer part of the UK.

In accordance with the latest versions of the British Nationality Act, being born in Northampton means she's more British than me.

But on the other hand, I'm more English. :p

vee tail has problems understanding the basis of a multicultural society, hence, despite the fact the lady was born in the UK, and is thus, erm, British to the vee tails of this world, she isn't.

KnC

You stated you had not seen the interview, then decide to comment on the content of it anyways! :ugh:

The OP stated that Hussain did not allow Cameron to answer. The fact (as reported on here) that she phrased her questions in such a way as to include her own opinion is only part of the problem of poor interview technique... The main gripe seems to be that she would not allow Cameron to answer, whatever he was going to say.

Any informed interviewer that is any good at their job would allow the politician to answer, then come back at them with the next question based on the previous answer, using the fact that being a politician, the answer would probably be very woolly, and thus allowing the interviewer to tighten the screws legitimately.

Once again though, instead of a general discussion. you have turned this into a left/right political rant!

Tedious :yuk:

The UK is not muti-cultural, not even close, it is multi-racial.

Best come back I've heard down here was from a polly who was trying to answer a question from the interviewer; one Kieran, it went like this, Kieran, "What do you.............etc.etc." Polly, "Well I..............."interupt, Polly, "OK Kieran, when you have stopped interviewing yourself"!

When DC was asked about funding, he said the present funding went to 2014, and he was extending it to 2016 so the money was guaranteed up to the next Olympics. Ms Hussain replies "why cant it be for longer":ugh:

Maybe the BBC should look at what they do to encourage sport. The competitors all have worked hard for years to be good enough to compete, but the BBC prefers the instant gratification programs such as the The Voice. Time for the Beeb to change and not not blame politicians for the lack of support for sport.

That is a very good comeback.

Why is someone called Mishal Hussein Its Husain, boy! Husain! Sit up straight at the back there, and pay attention!

I don't know whether or not there is an agenda in this particular case. But it seems to me that interviewers frequently get all starry eyed when it's time to interview a PM or President and feel the need to make the most of the opportunity and make a name for themselves by asking what they see as hard questions and attempt to put the interviewees on the spot.

There was something similar years ago when an Irish journalist interviewed George W Bush. She constantly interrupted him and in the end I was on his side. Not something you that could be said of me very often.

I think there's an element of that going on here. An attempt by her to make a name for herself. Pretty unprofessional if you ask me.

I saw part of this interview and, concur with others here who thought the interviewer (Husain) was attacking the interviewee (Cameron) without allowing him to properly answer. Frankly, this is not the first time I've witnessed this on the BBC and unsurprisingly, the interviewees are normally Tory/Right Wingers whereas, in contrast, Labourites/Greenies/other Lefties, seem to get a much easier and sympathetic ride.

Another similar example of this was previously on Newsnight, where David Starkey was criticising black youth culture (including its adoption by young indigenous whites), as being a key factor in the August 2011 London Riots. Not only was he opposed by the other panellists but, was additionally set upon by the so-called neutral BBC Reporter acting as umpire.

IIRC, Mrs Thatcher dealt with interruptions very effectively, by saying in a measured tone "If you'll just let me finish...":ok:

vee tail has problems understanding the basis of a multicultural society, hence, despite the fact the lady was born in the UK, and is thus, erm, British to the vee tails of this world, she isn't.

My son was born in Hong Kong. Does that make him Chinese? Err ... no!

Ethnicity is a major problem in Britain in the way it is dealt with. It's always being rammed down our throats. Everyone in authority is just so sensitive to it.

The BBC seems to specialise in promoting odious types

He should take lessons from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

Some years ago over here a lippy young madam on TV tried the cheeky interruption on him, and he had the feet out from under her in twenty seconds flat. Collapse of lippy young madam.

" My son was born in Hong Kong. Does that make him Chinese? Err ... no!

Presumably this was pre 1997 then ?

Ethnicity is a major problem in Britain in the way it is dealt with. It's always being rammed down our throats. Everyone in authority is just so sensitive to it."

True, up to a point.

Ethnicity is not a major problem as such.

Educating the bigots who believe that anybody who calls themselves British cannot be anything other than caucasian is.

The lady in question by the way ? bit of research shows Nationality : British. Ethnicity: Pakistani. Hardly makes her unique therefore.

A tale of two PMs

Margaret Thatcher and George Negus interview - YouTube

Julia fails to answer - YouTube

Educating the bigots who believe that anybody who calls themselves British cannot be anything other than caucasian is.

It ain't a one way street mate. :hmm:

I wish more Pollies would ask reporters and the media who, where and when.

You see it in the paper, "it has been said .........", "it was asked ............"
when in reality, the media is doing the asking, especially if it makes
life for the Pollie hard !!!

Good on Maggie, she was great in many ways.

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I wish more Pollies would ask reporters and the media who, where and when.

You see it in the paper, "it has been said .........", "it was asked ............"
when in reality, the media is doing the asking, especially if it makes
life for the Pollie hard !!!
No journo has ever tried that on me. If they did it would go like this;

Journo: "People are saying ..."

Me: "Name three of them."

No journo has ever tried that on me. If they did it would go like this;

Journo: "People are saying ..."

Me: "Name three of them."



Me, my dad and my sister.

On many of our politically correct official forms they have a section where they ask about your ethnicity. I like to choose "African". There's not many Englishmen from Africa, but I'm one of them. :}

You can't go round calling yourself an Englishman then!


It's British on most forms!

Its "White" - that's what confuses them - when I tick both the "White" box and the "African". ;)

Its "White" - that's what confuses them - when I tick both the "White" box and the "African". ;)

Nice one. There have been many white South Africans, Zimbabweans and others who have been born and raised there who are not recognised as such.

In China aswell you cannot call yourself Chinese unless you are ethnically Chinese. Some years ago I queued up at the immigration in Hong Kong for a residential ID card. I was in the wrong queue by mistake and confused a security guard who informed me that I was in the Permanent ID card queue and had to be Chinese for that.

In other parts of the world race and ethnicity is normally and openly discussed. Only in Britain is it an embarassing and difficult subject. In fact you can be jailed for racism if you speak about it in public. If John Terry had used any other words in his tirade against Anton Ferdinand he would have had no problem. In fact other swear words and phrases are used all the time on the football field.

A good mate, born in Burundi, raised there and lived there his whole life, carries a Belgian passport. Reason? The authorities won't under any circumstances issue him with a Burundian passport or citizenship because he's the wrong colour. They're not the only African country to operate in that manner.

Go figure...

Nice one. There have been many white South Africans, Zimbabweans and others who have been born and raised there who are not recognised as such.

Recently renewed my SA passport (I am usually based in the UK) and was informed that I couldn't be South African as I was white and lived in the UK.

I requested to talk to a more senior official and a short, firm but polite conversation followed and then my new passport arrived within three weeks. I was favourably impressed by the improved efficiency at the Department of Home Affairs. Long may it continue.

Caco

The BBC is, as Private Eye routinely points out, is run by and for the North London Trots and Pinkoes.

In the poorer parts of North london, Wallace and his family live in 3 multi-million houses.
Wonder where they got the money from? His Dad was a "Marxist" academic.............one of those do as I say types.

As North London is becoming too expensive, staff can now live in West London.

was informed that I couldn't be South African as I was white and lived in the UK. I was both South African and British by Descent until apartheid ended and I failed to exercise the Right to Return. Now I'm just British by Descent, but I'll always be an African Englishman. :ok:

you cannot call yourself Chinese unless you are ethnically Chinese.

That's incorrect, and most of the people asking the question are very happy to be corrected if the paperwork is in order.

As North London is becoming too expensive, staff can now live in West London.
I thought the staff had been banished to the Palace of Glittering delights in the Salford archipelago! :}

I think Cameron is too sel-centred and thick-skinned to have even noticed.

I wonder how many complaining about his treatment were the first to applaud when Blair?Brown were on the receiving end of such tactics?

the lady was born in the UK, and is thus, erm, BritishThis is a common misconception. Simply because someone was born in the UK does NOT mean that person is automatically granted British Citizenship.

If your cat has kittens in an Orange crate, you don't call them Oranges.

I see the same tactic was used by Gavin Essler (fink it were him anyway) on Newsnight last night, even the PYT said "For God's sake, why won't he let him answer the question"........

Have a friend who was born and raised in West Indies and can trace back 200 years to there.

Kind of fun when he puts down White West Indian.............

Reply from the BBC after complaining about Michelle Hussein....

Thank you for contacting us about Olympics 2012 broadcast on the 12 August.

Mishal Husain’s interview with David Cameron was an opportunity to raise some of the issues surrounding the London 2012 games and also for him to give his views about the end of the Olympic Games and what they have meant for the UK.

We believe Mishal’s questioning was fair and, where necessary, she challenged the Prime Minister in order to keep the interview on track and relevant to the subject at hand. For instance, she asked about where the future lies for British sport in terms of funding issues announced by the government, not just for Team GB but also sport in schools.

It was proper that Mishal Husain should challenge the Prime Minister on these issues of public interest.

We’re sorry if you were unhappy with this item. Your views have been added to a report for our producers and other staff who have covered the games, this will be helpful in shaping our future coverage.

In addition your complaint has been registered on our audience logs which are internal documents available to many BBC employees, not only those producers who worked our coverage of 'Olympics 2012'.

The audience logs are important documents that help shape future programming decisions at the BBC.

Thanks once again for taking the time to contact us.

Kind Regards

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In other words we take no notice of your complaint. We are funded by an outdated license charter, paid for by the public and can say what we want.:mad:

In other words we take no notice of your complaint. We are funded by an outdated license charter, paid for by the public and can say what we want.

But they will fire back..............we listen to every complaint made and respond (while putting said complaint in bin from someone who dares to even ask why we are doing what we are doing)