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There's money to be made in good, solid broadcasting.

Before the descent in to the sewer, LBC's costs-per-thousand were the highest in the business and I would imagine that both Eddie Mair and JO'B have given them a right good dose of a new, rewarding reality, hitherto only known to the old management.

Maitlis and Soepel are naturals for the medium. I am not so sure about Marr. He is not as nimble and those pensive pauses are unsettlingly awkward on radio, but, hey, no one ever learnt to surf with dry hair.

Youngian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:22 pm

Abernathy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:05 pm Now, if they’d just get rid of that massive cunt Ferrari…

And that horrible prick on before him Steve Allen. A nasty tirade of bitching at minor celebrities serving no purpose.

I heard him once and thought he was mildly funny for about two minutes in a bitchy camp sort of way, before I realised that was all he could do.

You have to grant him a smidge of admiration for his ability to deliver 3 straight hours of stream-of-consciousness radio - no phone-ins, no guests. He talks a load of shite, but it can be oddly enthralling.
I think he’s been at LBCfor about 40 years.

LBC’s rise and change of direction is an accidental one and before the EURef it was happy to pootle along taking callers moaning about immigrants and cyclists. Its growing audience can be explained by O’Brien’s anecdotes about his stint as a Newsnight presenter. He was forced to be an uncritical neutral ringmaster on a discussion about international trade between a former WTO boss and Andrea Leadsom. That’s my reason for disillusionment with the BBC and LBC has tapped into that.

Marr must have conducted a hard-hitting interview here.


I don't understand this style of reporting. Why should Grease-Smug "admit" to not owning certain types of clothes? There's enough shit in the cunt's life to have a go at him about, why make out he's guilty of something which isn't a crime?

Jacob Rees-Mogg has admitted he doesn’t find “ordinary clothes” comfortable, and would rather kick back in a suit.

The conservative politician appeared on Andrew Marr’s show on LBC, and when asked if he owned a t-shirt or jeans by the host, he said no...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/sty ... ar-AAV7QLY

For the record, I have to "admit" my dad never owned a pair of jeans either. So what?

Murdochism. News is anything that makes you go "gee whizz".

JRM does bland interview. Not news.

JRM is so old fashioned he doesn't even own a pair of jeans. News.

Which is why we've got Brexit.

Cyclist wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:45 am Marr must have conducted a hard-hitting interview here.


I don't understand this style of reporting. Why should Grease-Smug "admit" to not owning certain types of clothes? There's enough shit in the cunt's life to have a go at him about, why make out he's guilty of something which isn't a crime?

Jacob Rees-Mogg has admitted he doesn’t find “ordinary clothes” comfortable, and would rather kick back in a suit.

The conservative politician appeared on Andrew Marr’s show on LBC, and when asked if he owned a t-shirt or jeans by the host, he said no...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/sty ... ar-AAV7QLY

For the record, I have to "admit" my dad never owned a pair of jeans either. So what?

I hate this stuff.
Not so much the dumbing down of the political interview.
It's the way it lets the subject present a "lovable? character" like some kind of WWE face.

Harmless, you may say. I refer the case of Cyril Smith.

Cyclist wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:20 am Which is why we've got Brexit.

It's not 'not owning jeans' it's being proud of the fact...

It's all a bit 'For my sins'.

Marr’s a waste of good guests. Just as insipid as his Sunday show.

“Haven’t heard this language since the 1930s,” claims Marr. Having missed the last few years Trump, Orban, Farage, Salvini and even Theresa May in a politer garb

https://global.com/global-news/eddie-mair-to-retire/

Eddie Mair retiring in August. Hopefully not being replaced by one of Ferrari's mates.

Oblomov wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:31 pm https://global.com/global-news/eddie-mair-to-retire/

Eddie Mair retiring in August. Hopefully not being replaced by one of Ferrari's mates.

Could Emily Maitlis be filling his slot?

FNARR.

Abernathy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:24 amFNARR.

I make the cross, you nod them in. I'd be disappointed if you didn't Abers.

Wes Streeting standing in for James O'Brien on LBC now.

Someone's looking for a safe seat:

Yes lain, but what about all the other weekends

I suppose Iain's like the idiots at the other end of the spectrum with Iraq. Everything else can be dismissed and ignored because of That One Thing.