Marina Hyde at The Guardian says it all much better than I could: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/11/john-cleese-broadcast-cancelled-bbc
It begins: "How very interesting to hear John Cleese explain how he’d be immediately cancelled or censored on the BBC, in comments made freely and at considerable length yesterday in the marquee 8.10am interview slot on the BBC’s flagship Radio 4 news programme." On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 12:07 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > He is also still periodically funny, but the cranky old man ratio is way > up… > > On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 3:44 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I follow Cleese on Twitter and he is highly critical of the established >> newspapers, especially over their lack of coverage of snooping into privacy >> of celebrities. That must be a factor in this. >> >> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 8:09 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Cleese has sadly become something a caricature of his former self, so >>> this doesn't surprise me especially. And I'm sure the money is useful too... >>> >>> That said, GB News is almost certainly still hemorrhaging cash, a bit >>> like their rival TalkTV (home of Piers Morgan in the UK). UK broadcasting >>> rules mean they can't just set-up shop as a UK version of Fox News or >>> similar. They do tread a fine line though. >>> >>> >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 1:58 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The 80-something comedy legend joins rightie-leaning GB News, even >>>> though he described himself (to BBC Radio 4's "Today") as an "old-fashioned >>>> liberal" and argued that “GB [is] a free speech channel.” >>>> >>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-cleese-gb-news-woke-1235236675/ >>>> (link) >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b67bdde5-1a9f-463c-8700-4d86d92ab0f1n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b67bdde5-1a9f-463c-8700-4d86d92ab0f1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDZ5shoA%2Br6%2B%3DRJA44Bu%2BCOw3oAUQvEQTC1pxfVMk5BCw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDZ5shoA%2Br6%2B%3DRJA44Bu%2BCOw3oAUQvEQTC1pxfVMk5BCw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yw31m%3DhkgQBYgrbDFj5wV3asrmosJxxvJGYcc4GTcOmMA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yw31m%3DhkgQBYgrbDFj5wV3asrmosJxxvJGYcc4GTcOmMA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B5kNoQXPWkBBP1k2wUBBmyXpGJysH8zsL4OhwdLvsNkg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B5kNoQXPWkBBP1k2wUBBmyXpGJysH8zsL4OhwdLvsNkg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCtE9VFGtwApfEsCVKa-yquo_rx7p%3DBgog2cfwrP1a0yA%40mail.gmail.com.
