Oh For Heavens Sake!
There are times when I want to take a big stick and club the British Press to death like a baby seal. And take a few of the Great British Public with them. This is one of them.
When on Saturday I saw the first stirrings of the Brand/Ross/Sachs story I had a sharp intake of breath but immediately discounted it as a storm in a teacup; now the whole thing is the top of the news, front page of the all papers and 27,000 people felt compelled to ring in to complain to the BBC.
Why? Because the press have decided that the financial woes of the world are no longer interesting enough, so they take a fairly minor story of someone upsetting another person on national radio and turning it into a major story.
I hate it when this happens - the story should have died a death at the weekend but instead we have this press witchhunt whipping up people into a "outraged of st albans" frenzy. So 27,000 have complained and Russell Brand resigns - surely that mean that 59,973,000 haven't complained so he should keep his job?
I'll be interested to see how long it will be before a few people start putting their heads above the parapet and saying "actually, it was quite funny"....
(for the record, I thought the phone calls were a bit juvenile and not particularly funny, but the apology song "we're sorry for the attacks, Andrew Sachs" is now making me snort with laughter every time I hear it on the news).
posted by Rowan @ 7:53 AM
2 Comments:
I can't see what the fuss is about. The first call was quite funny, then they get a bit carried away trying to dig themselves out, but the song is great. It's called comedy. It might not be the same as Fawlty Towers but that was 30 years ago.
People are such idiotic sheep, especially once the mighty Daily Hate/Evening Standard/Metro get involved. It reminds me of the Python thing, "I think that all right-thinking people are wrong..."
apparently, the whole thing was ignited by a Daily Mail reporter who heard the original broadcast and then sat back to see if anyone reported it - they didn't, so he obliged. Then Brand made some remark about the Daily Mail supporting Hitler in the 30s and they went doolally.
I also read that only 2 people complained about the original broadcast.
Give me a big stick now!!
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