The anti-BBC
Writing by treason on Friday, 29 of July , 2005 at 9:43 pm
I’ve got to say that the upside to the London bombings is the Sky News coverage. I’m likin’ Sky News in a big way. Sometimes I tune into the BBC just to get depressed and find out what horrible things my country is responsible for lately. The mood is always on the dour side. These people are always so grim. The only time I saw anyone look at all happy about anything is when they skipped right over a daily report about the London “bombing attacks” (the word terrorism was not mentioned) and they went into a very long story about NASA and the possibility of another looming disaster involving the cooking of astronauts. The reporter was actually smiling for a change.
Anyway, maybe it’s because Sky News looks like they’re having fun. They’re out on the street grabbing passers-by or talking to them on the phone, letting them tell the story as eyewitnesses. It’s fast, it’s fresh, it’s real. One woman was giving the reporter a blow-by-blow over the phone as events were unfolding. “We heard sounds - either gunfire or explosions — and we wondered what the hell was going on.” Firsthand impressions of a news story. She was riveting.
Also riveting was an interview with Lord Taylor of Warwick on FNC recently. If you check out his website you’ll discover that he’s married to Lady Katherine, a doctor (and she’s - gasp! - white). They have three children: Laura, Alexandra and Mark.
His hobbies include playing and watching soccer, golf, walking, singing, and listening to music. He likes Charles Dickens, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. Favorite cities to visit are New York, Moscow, and San Francisco.
Lord Taylor is a lawyer and a member of the House of Lords. He’s also a member of the Conservative Party. Is he old, fat, and white? No, he’s young, trim, charismatic, and black. He’s written books; one is No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs.
The son of Jamaican immigrants, John David Beckett Taylor was born in Birmingham in 1952, refers to himself as an “Afro-Saxon,” and in 1996 was admitted to the House of Lords as the youngest and only black Lord amongst 1,700 Dukes, Duchesses, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons and Law Lords. He took the title The Right Honourable Lord Taylor of Warwick.
Quote: “Strive to be not only the best in the world, but the best for the world.”
An even more interesting quote was the one he uttered on FNC. He first explained that he loves England and he’s proud of its multiculturalism. Then he dropped the bomb:
“But enough is enough!”
He was referring to England’s longstanding rule that anything goes — it’s okay for you to stand on street corners and say you hate the country and the people in it and that they should be blown to smithereens — all the while being on the dole. Americans get irritated about things like that. We love freedom and we’ll fight for it, but if you’re on welfare, then show a little appreciation to the taxpayers and stop saying that they should die like the evil infidel dogs they are. It’s just bad form. And Lord Taylor has pointed this out.
An American politician would be called a racist and be forced to apologize. But do not put that tag on Lord Taylor. He knows all about racism and he is not a racist. He just doesn’t want to see his countrymen — in any color — blown up on their way to work.
He’s attractive and articulate, and comfortable in front of a camera. I predict he will become a fixture on FNC.
Jolly good show!
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