On the QT,,,

[mrph]

So... Nick Griffin on Question Time. Interesting viewing - I don't think he did terribly well.

Opinions?

Comments

[deeply-spurious.livejournal.com]

He was dreadful - and I was quite surprised actually - I was worried that he might actually come out of it quite well, but he looked utterly out of his depth. And those who objected to his appearance were wrong because he was exposed and made accountable for his beliefs/actions far more than he would have been in a normal interview type situation. And those objecting to the appearance were wrong anyway because it isn't for the BBC to pick and choose whose views it happens to like or not like.

[the_axel]

Maybe - but it certainly does when it wants to.

[deeply-spurious.livejournal.com]

I think the BBC was wrong to exclude that, for what it is worth, but I also think that case was more complicated for various reasons. The rationale in the Griffin case was really quite simple - they have a system whereby when parties get a certain amount of electoral support they get occasional invites onto question time. There were merely applying this to the BNP in the same way they did to everyone else. The gaza appeal thing related to whether they would agree to give a specific, one-off platform for a particular charity appeal. I think they made the wrong call on that one and was disappointed, but at the same time its important to appreciate that had they shown the appeal they would have been hammered by various people.