Friday, 2 October 2015

Oh Victoria!!!



I had to smile at this comment at Biased BBC - especially as the commenter's description of BBC Business Live's Aaron Heslehurst is both spot-on and funny:

AsISeeIt
“So, what does the Chairman of the Bank of England know about climate change?”
“Perhaps he’s going for his next job”
Sometimes, occasionally, a glimmer of off-message truth and insight breaks through on the BBC airwaves.
BBC Business Live’s hyper-active male presenter Aaron Haslehurst (think Robert Peston’s peculiar intonation plus a bit of Aussie fast spin) breaks rule number one this morning at BBC Central by questioning the climate credentials of one of the great and good. Then his side-totty shows she’s not just a display item by firing an off-the-cuff laser-guided shot raising the possibilty Carney might just be polishing his CV for that next big One World Government jobbie.
That’s what they used to call ‘speaking truth to power’
More, please.
The exchange (transcribed for posterity) ran as follows:
Victoria Fritz, BBC: We're going to start with this story. This is in the New York Times today. This is about India, and India being under a lot of pressure to reduce its emissions. We've heard a lot about climate change in recent days - even from Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, wading in on this as well... 
Aaron Heslehurst, BBC (interrupting): What does the governor of the Bank of England know about climate change??!! 
Richard Fletcher, The Times: I'm not sure. You tell me! [laughter from Aaron and Richard]
Victoria Fritz: Maybe he's gunning for his next job, yeah? 
Aaron Heslehurst: Oh Victoria!!!
Victoria Fritz: But back to this story. India is the third biggest polluter in the world. It's under a lot of pressure, but of course poverty...or reducing poverty...has got to be its number one priority?