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Post by ascendinglark on May 14, 2007 12:24:35 GMT
Came across this extraordinary anti-American outburst from a BBC journalist: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6653293.stm"In my country"? Insinuation - Americans don't have freedom of speech. I don't even have to comment. How the hell do they get away with this stuff? |
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Post by steevo on May 14, 2007 14:05:34 GMT
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Post by Teddy Bear on May 14, 2007 18:33:45 GMT
Thanks for linking Steevo
AL, it's not just anti-American, it's the arrogance inherent in the mindset of bbc journalists, that believe they - and only they, have the right to demean or twist anybody or anything to fit their view of the world, but become furious when they are the subject of it.
Looking at the picture Steevo posted above of this arse, don't you just want to smack his stupid face?
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Post by ascendinglark on May 15, 2007 0:06:41 GMT
It's funny but just looking at that photo, I can hear his voice perfectly, that "BBC voice" which has them all talking in the same sanctimonious tone. It's the shape of their lilt, I don't know how to describe it. They could be from London, Manchester, Liverpool or Glasgow and they all have that same BBC intonation and musical structure to their speech. I hate it - I can identify a corresponding tone on our own NPR radio station. Self-righteous leftistness.
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Post by Teddy Bear on May 15, 2007 21:38:33 GMT
The 'BBC voice' has now become very much a part of their propaganda strategy. They know that speaking in a 'cultured' manner makes them appear intelligent and knowledgeable, and increases the likelihood of having their words accepted.
Often it is so 'over the top', that in their push to sound upmarket, they descend into mealy-mouthitis, and what you hear is an individual 'so full of their own superiority, and 'la-dee-dahing' their tripe really believing they are putting their crap over on all of us.
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Post by ascendinglark on May 16, 2007 0:02:24 GMT
Ha ha! Hit the nail on the head. Mealy-mouthitis.
I think sports commentators suffer from a similar vocal affliction, in that they all end up sounding like each other. It's a peculiar way of talking and nobody sounds like that in real life, except maybe these TV presenters when they get home. (Cue comedy sketch)
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