Bye-bye
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I just did an interview with BBC World Asia. It was to talk about the shows I'm doing in Singapore and Bangkok
Instead, the interviewer, whose name was, I think, Karishma, started by asking me questions about
Cancel Culture. I replied courteously and in full ......I explained that if parents were over protective, it
did not prepare children well when they entered the real and often not-very-nice world. She then asked a disjointed question, clearly trying to portray me as old-fashioned, uncaring and basically harmfulI pointed out....
..that her question was a poor one, since it contained so many very different points
I answered one. Many Cognitive Behavioural Therapists who are successful in helping young people with Anxiety and Depression, feel that Woke principles are almost the opposite of theirs...
She totally ignored this
At this point pointed out that I had been told than the interview was to be about my shows in Singapore and Bangkok, and I asked if we could now talk about that
She then asked why I was doing shows in Asia when the pandemic was causing such problems...
... apparently blaming me for making the situation worse !
I explained that the omicron variant had surfaced only three weeks ago, and that tours are arranged rather more than three weeks ahead
She then asked me about Dave Chapelle
So I removed my headphones, saying...
...that this was not the interview I had agreed to
So I am formally complaining to the BBC about the deception, dishonesty and tone of this interview
Karishma had no interest in a discussion with me
She wanted only the role of prosecutor
The BBC needs to train her again
The media will no doubt report that I 'stormed out'
I didn't
Nor did I lose my temper
But I was depressed that this kind of presenter-ego crap is so prevalent now
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I agree. He was valid in his responses.
