tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6873485624323984449..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Why I Won't Appear on Press TV AgainIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22848643999145201912009-07-05T10:49:12.692+01:002009-07-05T10:49:12.692+01:00Yes well done. Dominic Lawson has a good piece on ...Yes well done. Dominic Lawson has a good piece on them in today's ST -<br /><br />http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/dominic_lawson/article6638036.eceEdwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49509581532900035602009-07-05T10:30:16.131+01:002009-07-05T10:30:16.131+01:00Dominic Lawson writes an interesting article in to...Dominic Lawson writes an interesting article in today's Sunday Times<br />http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/dominic_lawson/article6638036.eceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91271150601099105542009-07-04T18:14:24.445+01:002009-07-04T18:14:24.445+01:00We all make mistakes, but your righteous indignati...We all make mistakes, but your righteous indignation at this point rings a little hollow. You were aware that Press TV was a tool of the Mullahcracy <i>before</i> you started to appear on it - and of the company you would be keeping - but you went ahead anyway.<br /><br />You knew the people behind the station were hanging people from cranes well before the elections. Did you <i>really</i> think you could win people like this around by engagement?Un:dhimmihttp://undhimmi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27511475927124643222009-07-03T07:25:48.147+01:002009-07-03T07:25:48.147+01:00Excellent decision. thanksExcellent decision. thanksWinstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058643406189544769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84597086259183282002009-07-03T00:42:34.616+01:002009-07-03T00:42:34.616+01:00anon at 10:59
why doesn't he or she sound Ira...anon at 10:59<br /><br />why doesn't he or she sound Iranian? I'm Iranian and to me he/she sounds very Iranian. <br /><br />to the first comment who said: "Other Arab govornments, even Lybia ...etc.<br /><br />Your point is correct but either your grammer or your historical/geographical awareness may be not that excellent. Iran is not an arab country, but a Persian one. Thus sating "even Other arab govornments" when you talk about Iran is not really a correct statement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88009301694173697512009-07-03T00:29:08.199+01:002009-07-03T00:29:08.199+01:00Can you stop appearing on this blog as well?Can you stop appearing on this blog as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30201759416530103122009-07-02T22:59:31.868+01:002009-07-02T22:59:31.868+01:00If Anon @ 9:36 is Iranian, then I am a garden gnom...If Anon @ 9:36 is Iranian, then I am a garden gnome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-92031783295263729512009-07-02T21:36:39.180+01:002009-07-02T21:36:39.180+01:00Dear Lian,
I am an Iranian living in UK. A friend...Dear Lian,<br /><br />I am an Iranian living in UK. A friend of mine in Iran was hit with a batoun in the face, another was shot in the leg. They were on the protests. I was ashamed of myself not being able to join them and fight with them. All I could do was joining the protests in front of Iranian embassy here in London. And then I was thinking. How comes Iranian government arrests so many journalists and throw them out of the country, while the Iranian pro-government Press TV in UK can operate safely? <br />My friends have to be beaten but there is no press inside Iran allowed to talk about it and yet these anti-democracy parasites come here and make use of the free society and run their news propaganda agency. It is like a spit in our face. I really do hope Ofcom shuts them down.<br /><br />Thank you from my heart, that you didn't go!<br />H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49631878556365844192009-07-02T21:20:51.585+01:002009-07-02T21:20:51.585+01:00And so, just to be clear, you're not paying th...And so, just to be clear, you're not paying the rest of the money that you've previously pocketed in fees back then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64190328768387825802009-07-02T20:14:12.940+01:002009-07-02T20:14:12.940+01:00PS - According to Press TV viewers, Coronation Str...PS - According to Press TV viewers, Coronation Street is a Zionist plot. So there we go - the Rovers Return will never seem the same again!<br /><br />http://www.oyvagoy.com/2009/02/coronation-street-is-a-zionist-plot/Chas N-Bhttp://www.oyvagoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82586262325105810142009-07-02T19:53:05.287+01:002009-07-02T19:53:05.287+01:00Ouch, Matthew Richardson's performance on News...Ouch, Matthew Richardson's performance on Newsnight was *terrible*.<br /> <br />I agreed with Bright on one point in particular: Richardson should just be man enough to come out and admit what Press TV is.<br /><br />They are a hideous bunch and I applaud you, Iain, for - belatedly - making this move.Chas Newkey-Burdenhttp://www.oyvagoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53365538232733765582009-07-02T19:25:55.708+01:002009-07-02T19:25:55.708+01:00Anybody think there is AN chance of anybody repres...Anybody think there is AN chance of anybody representing the views of the Iranian regime or Slobodan Milosevic or even Putin being allowed to say live, uninterrupted & uncensored some inconvenient facts about our leaders?<br /><br />I volunteer to go on & accuse any minister of the time of being a war criminal over the attack on Yugoslavia & of genocide, the sexual enslavement of children & of dissecting 1,300 Serbs while alive. With details.<br /><br />Anybody think BBC not far more likely to censor than Iain admits PTV haven't.<br /><br />Anybody think Ofcom as likely to object to BBC censorship as PTV's?<br /><br />Me neither.neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29741166953164171532009-07-02T19:10:10.414+01:002009-07-02T19:10:10.414+01:00Wow Iain, you are a Managing Director.
We do need ...Wow Iain, you are a Managing Director.<br />We do need more people in politics who have experience in running a business.<br />But I'm not impressed by any MD who instructs their employees what to do in their free time.Hamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401451754373118599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76214008711325877762009-07-02T18:42:06.996+01:002009-07-02T18:42:06.996+01:00Good decision, Iain. Shame you didn't object ...Good decision, Iain. Shame you didn't object on principle in the first place though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35768749641411732212009-07-02T18:37:51.275+01:002009-07-02T18:37:51.275+01:00Hi Iain
A wise decision to quit your affiliation ...Hi Iain<br /><br />A wise decision to quit your affiliation with Press TV. I have watched this so-called 'information' channel and I find it comparable to Faux News in it's unbiased reporting.<br /><br />Nick Ferrrari made the right decision - now we only have to hope that James Whale does the same too (and any other LBC presenters who have any dubious relationship with this channel)<br /><br />As a non-Tory, I like your blog and find it an interesting and thought provoking read.<br /><br />Keep up the good writing and work Iain.<br /><br />ChrisChris Hallhttp://wp.chrisandeddie.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90899409427148192332009-07-02T16:46:14.278+01:002009-07-02T16:46:14.278+01:00Iain, it wasn't my intention. I wasn't su...Iain, it wasn't my intention. I wasn't sure what you did professionally... I do approve fully with you did.Alechttp://efrafandays.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62913057796282984002009-07-02T15:59:39.475+01:002009-07-02T15:59:39.475+01:00Anonymous at 3.55 - On two programmes I told them ...Anonymous at 3.55 - On two programmes I told them exactly what I thought of their President. The programmes were live and uncensored. We all have different ways of making the same point.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18433252331746110622009-07-02T15:55:40.803+01:002009-07-02T15:55:40.803+01:00Guido handled it better. You went the English way,...Guido handled it better. You went the English way, by gathering up your petticoats and storming out (not meant homophobically). Probably as I would have done myself, but Guido's approach will get under their skin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61547690190305041952009-07-02T15:54:20.794+01:002009-07-02T15:54:20.794+01:00Alec, Don't be a fool. I run a company, which ...Alec, Don't be a fool. I run a company, which is generally run on a consensual basis. From time to time, I, as MD, have to make a decision which my staff will implement. This is one of those occasions. The fact is, they all agree with it anyway.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41168293899725084992009-07-02T15:53:09.694+01:002009-07-02T15:53:09.694+01:00Dear Iain, as an Iranian activist I must commend y...Dear Iain, as an Iranian activist I must commend you for standing up to these spin doctors of the Mullahs. Here is a clip, from this past Sunday (June 28th) of an interview that myself (I'm the woman being interviewed in the clip) and Dr. Walid Phares (Lebanese scholar) talking to Fox News's David Lee Miller about the fact that Press TV is the Iranian regime's propaganda machine: http://theconfrontation.net/wp/?p=401Banafshehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16356117524151703300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42652216998919207312009-07-02T15:50:11.015+01:002009-07-02T15:50:11.015+01:00Every time you comment on this blog Chris, you mak...Every time you comment on this blog Chris, you make an even bigger fool of yourself. <br /><br />You might have had a point if it was for £500 (Galloway gets £2500 per week), but even you can't believe I am anybody's for £75. As for vanity, well, we can all plead to that. Having a blog is an exercise in vanity in some ways. So is appearing on any form of TV or radio. Jealousy is, of course, another description of an emotion which afflicts those who don't get invited onto programmes so they have no decision to make.<br /><br />Instructed is quite clear. Another word is ordered.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20240862976336708992009-07-02T15:49:43.269+01:002009-07-02T15:49:43.269+01:00And, of course, I know he has two eyes.And, of course, I know he has two eyes.Alechttp://efrafandays.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78010800963781160052009-07-02T15:48:13.487+01:002009-07-02T15:48:13.487+01:00>> Ian - You were naive in the extreme.
Wel...>> Ian - You were naive in the extreme.<br /><br />Well, there is that, Paul, but this is still a welcome realization.<br /><br />Yet, I do have to ask how Ian could instruct his colleagues to do anything. If he can, surely they're subordinates?Alechttp://efrafandays.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36136001610833327292009-07-02T15:42:51.402+01:002009-07-02T15:42:51.402+01:00What the hell were you doing on there in the first...What the hell were you doing on there in the first place Iain? That wasn't positive engagement that was cheque book principle i.e. none if the price is right. Oh and vanity.<br /><br />"Instructed" is a stronger word than you imply Iain. Do you think it means "advised" or "suggested"?Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64701457134351850002009-07-02T13:41:11.888+01:002009-07-02T13:41:11.888+01:00Bardirect - "Other Arab ". Eh ?Bardirect - "Other Arab ". Eh ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com