I think a rather pertinent question is does that terrorist apologising **** own a mirror and did he actually stand in front of it and think "yeah, this 'beard' is good look for me"?
I always found her hard nosed and rude but let's be honest; that moron really did need to get over himself. You can't ask me whether I condemn something, that's islamophobic . Oh please. Learn to debate, and shave that horrible bumfluff off your face.
I always found her hard nosed and rude but let's be honest; that moron really did need to get over himself. You can't ask me whether I condemn something, that's islamophobic . Oh please. Learn to debate, and shave that horrible bumfluff off your face.
That would be true if that was the question. Instead, she asked the frankly ridiculous "How do you feel about the beheading?".
That would be true if that was the question. Instead, she asked the frankly ridiculous "How do you feel about the beheading?".
My bad, a few days since I actually watched it. She did ask him if he condemned JJ's actions, but that was at the end when he stormed off. Her question may have been stupid, but it wasn't remotely racist or islamophobic and Cerie Bullivant just showed that he cannot debate at all.
That would be true if that was the question. Instead, she asked the frankly ridiculous "How do you feel about the beheading?".
Quite - and in any context it would also be a ridiculous question to ask anybody.
It's the very definition of a loaded question, because to feel the need to ask it infers that the interviewee may indeed sympathise with the cause...and that is what Burley was going after. It's deliberate provocation and baiting, and frankly lazy journalism.
If you can try and divorce yourself from the usual islamaphobic hysteria and take the interview in isolation, and particularly if you listen to what the guy says in the early part of the interview (where he had basically made his feelings and opinions clear anyway), the interview came across a childish attempt by Burley to provoke and ambush the subject, in a vain attempt to get a soundbite.
That said, I don't think the guy dealt with it very well...going off in a strop did him no favours.
Frankly, I think both of them looked stupid, especially her smarmy 'Ooooohh...think I might get an award for this' grin at the end.
"How do you feel about the beheading?" was indeed a stupid question, but he could have just have said he was shocked and appalled by it instead of constantly apologising for radicalisation by blaming the security services
"How do you feel about the beheading?" was indeed a stupid question, but he could have just have said he was shocked and appalled by it instead of constantly apologising for radicalisation by blaming the security services
Maybe it wasn't such a stupid question, she was forcing him to either condone or condemn in a way that he couldn't wriggle out of, which is why he walked off in a strop instead of answering the question.
I haven't really been following this 'Jihadi John' business but even just a quick google search suggests it's a rather complicated business. And CAGE's allegation that Emwazi was being harassed by MI5 hasn't really been investigated yet. Burley is just doing what she does best - being obtuse.
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She knows where the bodies are buried.
You might just enjoy the consequences.........:);-):)
That would be true if that was the question. Instead, she asked the frankly ridiculous "How do you feel about the beheading?".
My bad, a few days since I actually watched it. She did ask him if he condemned JJ's actions, but that was at the end when he stormed off. Her question may have been stupid, but it wasn't remotely racist or islamophobic and Cerie Bullivant just showed that he cannot debate at all.
He could have just said something like he was obviously appalled by it just like any other right minded, decent person would be.
She wanted to hear him condone the murderer, but of course he wouldn't.
Quite - and in any context it would also be a ridiculous question to ask anybody.
It's the very definition of a loaded question, because to feel the need to ask it infers that the interviewee may indeed sympathise with the cause...and that is what Burley was going after. It's deliberate provocation and baiting, and frankly lazy journalism.
If you can try and divorce yourself from the usual islamaphobic hysteria and take the interview in isolation, and particularly if you listen to what the guy says in the early part of the interview (where he had basically made his feelings and opinions clear anyway), the interview came across a childish attempt by Burley to provoke and ambush the subject, in a vain attempt to get a soundbite.
That said, I don't think the guy dealt with it very well...going off in a strop did him no favours.
Frankly, I think both of them looked stupid, especially her smarmy 'Ooooohh...think I might get an award for this' grin at the end.
The Muslim fundamentalist's strop spoke volumes.
Maybe it wasn't such a stupid question, she was forcing him to either condone or condemn in a way that he couldn't wriggle out of, which is why he walked off in a strop instead of answering the question.
I don't normally like her, but she owned him in that interview.
Well played Kay Burley.
? And when exactly did the interviewee do this?