Thanks for this – and I admit that I hadn’t taken into account the huge increase in media outlets and the fact that we see more of politicians being questioned than in the past.
However, we hardly ever see them actually answering questions, and this has been a recurring theme on my blog since it started just over a year ago. So I’ve added a more detailed comment to yours as a P.S. on the post discussed here, which includes links to further discussions of the issue PLUS some hilarious videos of politicians not answering questions and one exception where Charles Clarke gives the straightest answer I’ve ever heard from a political interviewee.
I share this view, Dimbleby is not the right person for this programme, Paxman would be far more forceful in the Chair. Personally when the programme is renamed ‘Answer Time’ we might actually make some progress.
What I’ve been reading (via LibDig.co.uk)
Thanks for this – and I admit that I hadn’t taken into account the huge increase in media outlets and the fact that we see more of politicians being questioned than in the past.
However, we hardly ever see them actually answering questions, and this has been a recurring theme on my blog since it started just over a year ago. So I’ve added a more detailed comment to yours as a P.S. on the post discussed here, which includes links to further discussions of the issue PLUS some hilarious videos of politicians not answering questions and one exception where Charles Clarke gives the straightest answer I’ve ever heard from a political interviewee.
I share this view, Dimbleby is not the right person for this programme, Paxman would be far more forceful in the Chair. Personally when the programme is renamed ‘Answer Time’ we might actually make some progress.
Fun clips Max!