Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed 
with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th 
century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.

They don't make them like him any more.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7489591.stm

Why is this OT?

Anyway, yes, top man, old school who had a go at the BBC for 'dumbing
down'  or as those of us slightly to the other side of the PC radar
refer to it 'feminisation'.

allan tracy wrote:
> Why is this OT?

My mistake

> 
> Anyway, yes, top man, old school who had a go at the BBC for 'dumbing
> down'  or as those of us slightly to the other side of the PC radar
> refer to it 'feminisation'.

he had real experience of war and understood it's nature rather than 
some of the more pathetic reporting we get where it's obvious the 
reporter think our troops should use magic bullets that only wound the 
bad guys whilst the enemy can do as he wishes.

On 4 Jul, 17:53, allan tracy  wrote:
> Why is this OT?
>
> Anyway, yes, top man, old school who had a go at the BBC for 'dumbing
> down'  or as those of us slightly to the other side of the PC radar
> refer to it 'feminisation'.

It's not off topic but you'll do your fucking best to make it so.

fr.

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:27:02 +0100, Sofa - Spud   
wrote:

> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed  
> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th  
> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>
> They don't make them like him any more.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7489591.stm

Yeah, it's a sad loss, but hopefully it will be a good excuse
for the news programmes to drag out that clip of when he was
with Jeremy Paxman watching the Berlin Wall being taken down.

Fred X

It must be grim getting up every day to reports of how everything you
supported and believed in is being revealed to be completely and
utterly useless and that those you most despise and disagree with are
the ones pointing it out to you.

Such is the joy of growing old surrounded by the tatters of failed
youthful idealism – don’t worry we’ve all been there.

In article <op.udr7dakfj3tnem@skynet.wag54gs>, "Fred X"  wrote:
>On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:27:02 +0100, Sofa - Spud   
>wrote:
>
>> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed  
>> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th  
>> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>>
>> They don't make them like him any more.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7489591.stm
>
>Yeah, it's a sad loss, but hopefully it will be a good excuse
>for the news programmes to drag out that clip of when he was
>with Jeremy Paxman watching the Berlin Wall being taken down.

thats unfair :) the guy was a good journalist, old school, you knew if you 
saw a report from him it was accurate and fair, same cant be said for alot 
of the current crop.

Aw

Sofa - Spud wrote:

> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed
> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th
> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>
> They don't make them like him any more.
>
I don't know. John Simpson's pretty good and has plenty of integrity,
if not exactly in the veteran league yet.. But when it comes to
journalists with any integrity, they're pretty thin on the ground
these days.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 16:25:07 -0700 (PDT), clippertyclop
 wrote:

>Sofa - Spud wrote:
>
>> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed
>> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th
>> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>>
>> They don't make them like him any more.
>>
>I don't know. John Simpson's pretty good and has plenty of integrity,
>if not exactly in the veteran league yet.. 

If only he was half as great as he thinks he is. I find him,
especially during the Afghanistan invasion years ago, a
self-aggrandising prick.

He's not in the same game as Wheeler, nevermind the same league.

"Froot Bat"  wrote in message 
news:486eca93$0$13865$8a667849@news.ak47.org...
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 16:25:07 -0700 (PDT), clippertyclop
>  wrote:
>
>>Sofa - Spud wrote:
>>
>>> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed
>>> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th
>>> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>>>
>>> They don't make them like him any more.
>>>
>>I don't know. John Simpson's pretty good and has plenty of integrity,
>>if not exactly in the veteran league yet..
>
> If only he was half as great as he thinks he is. I find him,
> especially during the Afghanistan invasion years ago, a
> self-aggrandising prick.

I recall some rather bizzare footage of him striding into
Afghanistan dressed as a woman.....
-- 
Col

Steal a spaceship and head for the sun,
Shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.

"Sofa - Spud"  wrote in message 
news:g4l4v3$u77$1@aioe.org...
> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed 
> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th 
> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>
> They don't make them like him any more.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7489591.stm

Didn't realise that he was Boris Johnson's father-in-law, not that I'm very 
good with that sort of thing. He was one of those quality people that 
everyone remembers, and contributed to the vestigial feeling of goodwill 
that many people my age have towards the BBC.

Regards,
Arfur

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:54:55 +0100, awavey@yahoo.com   
wrote:

> In article <op.udr7dakfj3tnem@skynet.wag54gs>, "Fred X"  
>  wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:27:02 +0100, Sofa - Spud  
>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd  
>>> landed
>>> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th
>>> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>>>
>>> They don't make them like him any more.
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7489591.stm
>>
>> Yeah, it's a sad loss, but hopefully it will be a good excuse
>> for the news programmes to drag out that clip of when he was
>> with Jeremy Paxman watching the Berlin Wall being taken down.
>
> thats unfair :) the guy was a good journalist, old school, you knew if  
> you
> saw a report from him it was accurate and fair, same cant be said for  
> alot
> of the current crop.

I know, that was why he recognized a ridiculous situation when he was
in one, hence his Monty Python comment.

Fred X

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:20:42 +0100, "Col" 
wrote:

>
>"Froot Bat"  wrote in message 
>news:486eca93$0$13865$8a667849@news.ak47.org...
>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 16:25:07 -0700 (PDT), clippertyclop
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>Sofa - Spud wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sir Charles Wheeler, veteran reporter from the BBC has died. He'd landed
>>>> with Marines at D - Day and covered all the major events of the 20th
>>>> century. He came across as a sincere reporter with integrity.
>>>>
>>>> They don't make them like him any more.
>>>>
>>>I don't know. John Simpson's pretty good and has plenty of integrity,
>>>if not exactly in the veteran league yet..
>>
>> If only he was half as great as he thinks he is. I find him,
>> especially during the Afghanistan invasion years ago, a
>> self-aggrandising prick.
>
>I recall some rather bizzare footage of him striding into
>Afghanistan dressed as a woman.....

So?  He doesn't poke his nose into what *you* get up to at the
weekend, does he? ;)