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Zeuzzz
3rd April 2009, 05:38 PM
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The above four minute clip is from Charlie Brookses show NewsWipe (which is like a British version of the daily show looking at biased media reporting from a comical standpoint) in which they had a breif section without the comedic overtones, and there was an interview with Journalist Peter Obourne who said that poloticians are not working for the public but are engaged in a massive conspiracy against the public. Cross Party Collusion. Opposite parties have far more in common with each other than they do with the general public. Every political party essentially works for the same capitalist business interests no matter who we vote for, the differences are all artifical. Both sides strings are pulled by the same interestes, the end goal is always greed, money and power.

He points out how many top poloticians now see their job in polotics as a career to make money instead of work for the public, they go to university, try to make as many contacts as possible, and usually end up working for some huge corporation making mega bucks. He gives Tony Blair as an example, who now makes millions advising on how polotics and businesses should relate, also the previous prime minister John Major who now works for the secretive Carlyle Group (linked to Bush and the CIA, etc).

Finally at the end of the interview he says he would name some of the people that do the secret 'dirty work' behind the scenes by working with Big Business and the govenment, after saying "I dont know if you've got the balls to put this on air", he names them, and the producers bleep out all the names for "Legal Reasons", then the screen goes blank, and they return to their usual comical outlook on the news.

Is he speaking out of his ass?

Cl1mh4224rd
3rd April 2009, 05:48 PM
For the love of God... politicians... politics...

Anyway...

Finally at the end of the interview he says he would name some of the people that do the secret 'dirty work' behind the scenes by working with Big Business and the govenment, after saying "I dont know if you've got the balls to put this on air", he names them, and the producers bleep out all the names for "Legal Reasons", then the screen goes blank...


Seems pretty reasonable to me. I don't know what the laws are like over there in Britain, but I imagine they also have defamation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation) laws. This guy made potentially serious accusations about a number of companies without providing evidence. Whether he's ultimately correct or not, NewsWipe would have no way of knowing at the time. They covered their asses.

Rogue1stclass
3rd April 2009, 06:12 PM
Also, it's funnier that way.

Zeuzzz
3rd April 2009, 06:24 PM
Yeah but thats what I want to know, whether they were just taking the mick for comedy value by bleeping the names out, or whether he actually DID name important prominent people that could have sued. Hard to tell since its from such a satirical show.

Foolmewunz
3rd April 2009, 06:28 PM
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The above four minute clip is from Charlie Brookses show NewsWipe (which is like a British version of the daily show looking at biased media reporting from a comical standpoint) in which they had a breif section without the comedic overtones, and there was an interview with Journalist Peter Obourne who said that poloticians are not working for the public but are engaged in a massive conspiracy against the public. Cross Party Collusion. Opposite parties have far more in common with each other than they do with the general public. Every political party essentially works for the same capitalist business interests no matter who we vote for, the differences are all artifical. Both sides strings are pulled by the same interestes, the end goal is always greed, money and power.

He points out how many top poloticians now see their job in polotics as a career to make money instead of work for the public, they go to university, try to make as many contacts as possible, and usually end up working for some huge corporation making mega bucks. He gives Tony Blair as an example, who now makes millions advising on how polotics and businesses should relate, also the previous prime minister John Major who now works for the secretive Carlyle Group (linked to Bush and the CIA, etc).

Finally at the end of the interview he says he would name some of the people that do the secret 'dirty work' behind the scenes by working with Big Business and the govenment, after saying "I dont know if you've got the balls to put this on air", he names them, and the producers bleep out all the names for "Legal Reasons", then the screen goes blank, and they return to their usual comical outlook on the news.

Is he speaking out of his ass?

Alternate Theory:
It wasn't a serious segment after all. It is a comedy show, and the serious-seeming part was the setup; the bleeping was the denouement. I've seen no evidence that Oborne actually has a sense of humor, but it doesn't seem far-fetched that he might've been doing it as a gag.

I'm curious, though.... Why would you think he's talking out of his ass? Do you actually doubt that politicians are in it for their careers? It's a lucrative job for many. The desire to do good via public service may be there for some, but IMHO for the majority, it's a job; one that requires their particular skill sets of back-slapping, baby-kissing, back-biting, ass-kissing, etc....

The overwhelming job of politicians,... politicians everywhere... is to get re-elected.

garethdjb
4th April 2009, 06:14 AM
The Carlyle group sure puts out a lot of information on its website for a 'secretive' organisation. Also John Major no longer works for the group, he stood down in 2004.

Oborne makes a good point in regard to politics being increasingly seen as a career rather than a calling. There is the (probably apocryphal) story of the politics student who goes to his tutor, having decided on a career in politics, to ask advice on which party to join.