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Jeremy Paxman, presenter of BBC's "Newsnight", discusses his latest book, "On Royalty", and the state of British politics now that Tony Blair will step down in late June, 2007.
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we need a jeremy paxman on american television. cnn should give him larry king's wasted hour.
Mr, Paxman is my hero. So many of us feel the way he does but are afraid of the P.C. Police. Long may he continue to speak out for the disenfranchised Brits who have ceased to be proud of 'Great' Britain.
Excellent program. Happy to meet Jeremy Paxman, he and Charlie should do another program together. Please give us more on Britain and the BBC.
What an absolutely brilliant interview. I'm in the UK, and only happened to stumble across this interview via youtube.com. Jeremy Paxman is my favourite journalist and to see him being interviewed (not just in a slot a few minutes long) in a long length interview is a rare treat. By the way, his book "On Royalty" is excellent and well worth a read. Thanks!!!!!
What an absolutely brilliant interview. I'm in the UK, and only happened to stumble across this interview via youtube.com. Jeremy Paxman is my favourite journalist and to see him being interviewed (not just in a slot a few minutes long) in a long length interview is a rare treat. By the way, his book "On Royalty" is excellent and well worth a read. Thanks!!!!!
As an English viewer of your interviews I was surprised by how much of this interview focused on some of our fairly mundane political issues, I'd have thought few viewers would be aware of Neil Kinnock's existance! But I felt it was a good interview, I think Charlie did well although Paxman is not one for leaving dramatic pauses as Charlie does! And Mary, I can only presume you are quite unaware of the political nature of Britain and the huge criticism our society and media places our politicians under, something that is not replicated in the US. Our government have been battered by the press over Iraq since the outset, I would love to see the accountability and accessibility of our political system mirrored in your own. Indeed Paxman points out the inconsistency of Blair's WMD position in this interview, and believe me the government have been hammered in the press because of it. Political comment and cutting satire is something we do very well, the Daily Show and Colbert Report on your TV appear to just be among the first decenting voices to do something similar over there. As for your concern that Jeremy Paxman doesn't drive to the truth like the US news media, I would suggest you need to turn your opinion around 180 degrees on the basis you could scarcely be more wrong. Keep up the good work Charlie, this site is a fascinating resource :)
Last night was a fun match up of two guys who each like to lead. I saw a clip of Paxman recently interviewing somebody from the Bush administration and he totally stripped the guy of his bogus posturing by holding him to his own past statements. What an idea! : -)
Well, if that's your Brit. counterpart, think hard about your future. The three w's: waffling, wandering and woefully indequate describe him. This man helps me more fully understand why my parents left Britain. Please don't follow their lead. America, in my parents' minds, represented the driving force, perhaps blunt and crass, towards some form of truth. This man scares me. Because of the integrity of BBC this man sems to have credibitiy, but where is the fire and commitment that I had grown up believing that BBC would maintain no matter what. When this country's press dropped the ball with regard to the march towards the invasion of Iraq, I hoped the BBC would lend some integrity to the argument. Listening to this man, who seems to think that his energies are well directed in writing a book on a monarchy which has demonstrated its idiocy over and over again, while his country linked itself to a war policy that defies reason, breaks my heart. I'm not only saddened by the inability of the electorate in this country to see the inevitable direction of this irrational, arrogant policy but of the Anglo press on both sides of the Atlantic's spineless inability to investigate, criticize and demand answers when it matters, not five years later. As an adjunct: Why do you insist on interrupting your guests and talking over each other? Do you realize that many of the people who would like to hear what you and your guest are saying are hearing impaired and rely on captioning? It's impossible for a captioner to transcribe what impetuous speakers spit out. What, after all, is your goal? Is it to impart knowledge and inspire logical argument or to demonstrate your superiority over your guests? Please remember that many people, and many more over the next ten years, rely on captioning to follow your show.
Being an ex-pat from the UK resident in Victoria, BC, I was extremely pleased to see Jeremy Paxman being interviewed this evening, by Charlie Rose of all people. Since arriving in Canada 9 yrs ago, I really missed Paxman's tenacity and determination in a television interviewer; actually commenting many times that the nearest thing I could see to that was indeed Charlie Rose on PBS. I felt that Jeremy was quite uncomfortable fo at least the first half of the interview (probabbly because he is not used to being on the 'other side' of the table. 'Newsnight' on PBS? What an excellent idea! The short time usually dedicated to British politics each night would (in my opinion) not detract from its potential interest to an American/Canadian audience. One important benefit I feel could be that some of the Canadian television interviewers could maybe take a few lessons and not give up on a question just because they get a 'politicians answer. I think Jeremy hit the nail on the head when he said that he believes that he is in front of the camera as a representative of the viewer and is therefore, in his opinion, expected to act as a spearhead and a probe on the viewers behalf. Love the show and PBS!
Charlie, When you get the video on-line for Jeremey Paxton, I want to buy the tape. That was a good program. Invite the man back. He was interesting and funny, plus the man was totally honest. Thank you. Nancy E. Girmus