Robin and Alf ( thanks guys) posted on the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman “arrogance or a joke that misfired?” about submitting videos to the Newsnight website.
You could say something about an old school attitudes misplaced confidence in the security of their medium but sometimes a joke is a joke. that misfired is probably a better explanation.
I guess we will see what Peter Barron’s view of Paxman’s joke is when he is packed off for that hard hitting interview with Posh spice; and lets the audience vote on which tie he has to wear.
3 Responses
Adam
April 19th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
1Am I missing something here? Didn’t this actually happen a year or so back?
Andy
April 19th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
2Adam,
Fair point. I know the tie thing did. Not sure about this bit. Will check
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