Bombs give Beyer opportunity to speak
The news the ITV will reschedule some of the weekend’s programmes because of Thursday’s terrorist attacks moved Mediawath-UK’s director John Beyer to grind his axe. On the day of the atrocities, he said:
The news coverage of the bombing outrage in central London on BBC and Independent Television has been exemplary and it is right that peoples’ sensibilities across the country are respected at this time by not showing films depicting violence and mayhem.
Thanks for that, John.
Which films are being dropped?
Bruce Willis’s on Sat night, apparently. The teletext news also mentioned Man with The Golden Gun, but I htink they showed that last night.
It was The Siege that they pulled. The sysnopsis on the IMDB starts:
Easy to see why they pulled it really. They replaced it with Gone in 60 Seconds, which is about car theives. I’m sure Masser Beyer found a film glorifying thieves much more acceptable than one the contains (shudder) violence.
Beyer would use a terrorist attack in order to further his own censorship agenda.
Bayer will use ANYTHING to further his own agenda ….
A quote, from Charles Stross’ recent novel “Iron Horizon” is apposite – to both Beyer, and the bombers …
“God was either absent, or playing a very elaborate practical joke – and the seeds of evil usually germinate in the footprints of people who
knew how everybody ought to behave and felt the need to tell them so.”
Beyer writes,
How many peoples is he talking about?
Surely, Andy, it’s only right that Beyer should speak for all people. After all, in times of crisis the nation has always looked to censorious self-important half-witted prudes for guidance.