Media Over-reaction to Galloway

Galloway Talks About Celebrity Big brother on BBC Radio, 26th January 2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4650000/newsid_4650600/nb_wm_4650672.stm

The reptile establishment press went absolutely beserk while Galloway was on
Celebrity Big Brother. His appearance on the show provoked acres of drivel
that went on and and on and on for weeks and still continues. This
incredible overeaction to Galloway's attempt to raise money for a
Palestinian charity, and to finance more staff to serve his constituents,
was astonishing to behold. The humbug and hypocrisy was breathtaking. The
establishment media is staffed by some of the lowest forms of sub-political
life. They are the know-nothing know-it-alls. The unintelligentsia. Some of
these people are so low that they could wear a top hat and still walk
underneath a rattlesnake's belly.

Of course, everyone knows that what really outraged the purple-faced press
hacks was the fact that Galloway had found a way to present himself directly
to millions of TV viewers which completely bypassed them! They were furious
that he had found a way of bypassing their warped presentation of his every
word and deed. The hacks were also acutely enraged by the fact that the
telly has infinitely more impact than their pompous, long-winded diatribes.

Some of the worst of the rants were in the so-called "liberal"
ex-broadsheets. The real motivation behind the move to tabloid format now
becomes clear. The Independent and The Guardian look more and more like the
Daily Mail every day. And don't forget that while both of these tiny
circulation papers have to allow anti-war views to be aired occasionally, to
sustain the facade of "balance", their editorials politically supported
pro-war parties at the last general election. The Indy supported the Lib
Dems and The Guardian brazenly supported Bomber Blair's New Labour.

As for the big song and dance about the bizarre role-play tasks he was given
by the wierdos and wackos on the Big Brother staff, doesn't that reflect on
them rather than Galloway? He was doing it for charity. What were they doing
it for? The dressing up in silly clothes was not Galloway's idea--it was
theirs. And, as Galloway says in the above radio interview, he did no more
than what many other politicians/celebs do for comic relief to raise money
for charity every year. Conclusion: much ado about very little.

Manchester Anti-War News

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