Gaza - protests against Israel

[Mandy]

mmmmm .... I suspect the pro-Israeli Lobby put pressure on Talksport.

George would have been best to cover a ground invasion -- so the stated reason doesn't make sense.

I wish Talksport would explicitly tell us what is happening.

[DavidGig]

[Colston]

About 11.30 in the show a texter called Mark texted in... Collins said I've ahd a text from Mark asking about the enhanced news coverage... he replied... yes [fella] it doesn't take a genius to work it out...

I'm assuming he was referring to George's absence (paranoia?)...

No news from my pal.

[mickyv]

I wonder if Oliver "Lying Sack of Shit" Kamm's complaint to Talksport might have had something to do with GG non show last night ;

http://timesonline.typepad.com/oliver_kamm/2009/01/galloway-as-deb.html

[faceless]

Here's the interview for those who haven't heard it. I don't think that Galloway faded him out on anything important. He was allowed to make his points and then treated with the contempt he deserves as a result.

http://humyo.com/F/56153-307598991

[Brown Sauce]

I can't think so micky. He can be a bit fader happy from time to time, but not here.

Last night imo, he didn't do his show because the talksport folk needed someone who in their eyes had an unbiased view. Collins certainly doesn't meet that for me, see some of his comments on annie lennox for example, but then niether does george.

[mickyv]

[DavidGig]

This won't be be published, but I left it at Kamm's blog--

[faceless]

That's the thing about him complaining about being faded out - he doesn't allow all comments on his blog, so why does he expect to be treated any differently?

[luke]

[faceless]

That's nice of the Daily Mail to imply that Galloway has been sacked and, secondly, that he deserved to be attacked because he was part of a 'hardcore'...

Collective punishment isn't something they have a problem with though.

[mickyv]

That’s a nasty little hatchet job by the Mail, including the misleading title, but at least it confirms what was blatantly obvious, namely that Talksport lied about why they replaced GG with Collins. The excuse about having an “enhanced special”, is completely idiotic and transparent, as Collins tried his hardest to talk about anything else apart from the issue for which the 'extended news feature' was supposed to be about.

I’ve left a comment at the Mail, but as I doubt it will be shown there, I leave it here as well;

I wish that that Talksport would be more honest with it’s listeners; their craven cowardness to the Israeli Lobby is a reminder of this little line;

"You cannot hope to bribe or twist,
Thank God, the British journalist.
But then there's no occasion to
When seeing what unbribed he'll do.

The justification of “to give a more balanced view of the Gaza situation”. is laughable, given that the Galloway show is the one & only balance in the sea of pro-Israeli corporate media, and laughable to any fair-minded person who listened to the pro-Israeli bias of the replacement show. The line of “we felt this would be in the best interests of everyone”, begs many questions, including how can it be in the best interest of those who are sicken by the massacre in Gaza.

To replace a knowledgeable, and almost uniquely pro-Palestinian broadcaster, with a replacement, who by his own admission did not know too much about the issues, is so bizarre, that it suggest more than incompetence.

[Colston]

In defence of Collins he stood by and mentioned the fact that he was not pro Israel and that their actions were disproportionate...

Otherwise his smarmy comment about 'it being obvious' made me turn off... enough was enough.

I hope George manages to bite his tongue this week because as much as I don't want him to compromise his principles I want his voice to remain on national radio...

[Colston]

Lots of great comments slagging Kamm on his blog.

[faceless]

He's really not cut out for having an interactive blog.