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Channel 4 News........Take A Bow.

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Judge Jules said:
It's been done for years on consumer programmes though, and (importantly) for the same purpose, namely to expose dishonesty. I'm not sure I can see any reason to allow them to do it but not this guy.
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I think it's a whole different avenue of journalism, reserved for Panorama/Dispatches specials and such, as you allude to. However, I don't think it's particularly becoming of one of Channel 4's senior news correspondents.
 
And to both of you, I did say I didn't have a problem with Mackenzie seeing a bit of treatment like that, but I do not want it to become a standard tactic in a field that already utilises a number of questionable methods.
 
Wouldn't disagree, Fallon, but as you say Thomson is a senior reporter and I haven't noticed him doing this before, though I stand to be corrected if you've seen it.
 
Fallon said:
And to both of you, I did say I didn't have a problem with Mackenzie seeing a bit of treatment like that, but I do not want it to become a standard tactic in a field that already utilises a number of questionable methods.
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You know maybe he's treated many journos like absolute shite in his time and I'm guessing a few people are seeing an opportunity for some payback
 
Usually I hate channel four news and the aggressive harassment they use, in this case though it was a beautiful watch.
 
Fallon said:
I think it's a whole different avenue of journalism, reserved for Panorama/Dispatches specials and such, as you allude to. However, I don't think it's particularly becoming of one of Channel 4's senior news correspondents.
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I think that the fact that it was one of Channel 4s finest is fantastic. Obviously not all journalists were prepared to be sullied by association with the scumbag. They made him look like the arsehole he really is and they were merciless in doing so in sending one of their best men to do it like they were chasing down a dodgy builder in a tabloid TV show. He showeed no respect to the families and none to his profession for 23 years and im glad he was hounded.

I have a new favourite journalist.
 
Fallon said:
After thinking about it for a while, as much as I did enjoy seeing Mackenzie squirm like that I am quite shocked at how a television news correspondent has gone to get that reaction. If it wasn't for it being that cunt, I would be saying the Journo should be disciplined.

I hope tactics like these are a one off, born out of heated emotions getting the better of judgement.
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Perfectly acceptable from the journo in my opinion. MacKenzie has ridden roughshod over thousands of people in his career, treating them with disdain to feather his own nest.
He deserves everything he gets the vile, vindictive shithouse cunt.
 
It wouldn't be difficult for C4 or any other broadcaster to put together a montage of him laughing his head off at the suffering of others when pestered, doorstepped and victimised by the press. He's well known for dismissing any 'whining' from such victims when appearing on Sky's late night press reviews several times a month. It would silence the ludicrous complaints some naive twits are voicing now about him finally getting the same treatment. He's a man notorious for expressing zero sympathy for others; now he's trying to wrap himself up in it like a comfort blanket.
 
gkmacca said:
It wouldn't be difficult for C4 or any other broadcaster to put together a montage of him laughing his head off at the suffering of others when pestered, doorstepped and victimised by the press. He's well known for dismissing any 'whining' from such victims when appearing on Sky's late night press reviews several times a month. It would silence the ludicrous complaints some naive twits are voicing now about him finally getting the same treatment. He's a man notorious for expressing zero sympathy for others; now he's trying to wrap himself up in it like a comfort blanket.
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Yes I sometimes see MacKenzie on the Sky News late paper review. I remember him recently making a jokey remark to the effect that "I know I'm not popular in certain parts of the country." Said with a snigger and not the slightest hint of contrition.
 
gkmacca said:
It wouldn't be difficult for C4 or any other broadcaster to put together a montage of him laughing his head off at the suffering of others when pestered, doorstepped and victimised by the press. He's well known for dismissing any 'whining' from such victims when appearing on Sky's late night press reviews several times a month. It would silence the ludicrous complaints some naive twits are voicing now about him finally getting the same treatment. He's a man notorious for expressing zero sympathy for others; now he's trying to wrap himself up in it like a comfort blanket.
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Triple like.
 
Hope he is never allowed to wriggle of the hook. The cunt.
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Fallon said:
After thinking about it for a while, as much as I did enjoy seeing Mackenzie squirm like that I am quite shocked at how a television news correspondent has gone to get that reaction. If it wasn't for it being that cunt, I would be saying the Journo should be disciplined.

I hope tactics like these are a one off, born out of heated emotions getting the better of judgement.
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Here's why.
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Don't be a knob Sean.

For the cheap seats (as if it wasn't fucking obvious), I 've no problem with the target, and in this particular case I don't mind the methodology. However, I don't think the best way to beat a cunt is to be a cunt, and as said channel 4 should be better than that.
 
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