Lying Liars | David Mitchell's SoapBox

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David takes on the fetishisation of aggressive TV journalism. Should we really assume all politicians are liars - or are they simply too scared of interviewers to say anything of any value?

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[derangedyoshi]

@wrmty56413 Don't be silly, Stephen Fry is at once human and divine, and in the event of his death he will rise again, ascend to a higher spiritual plane and conduct our lives from above.

[Mahnahmahnahful]

@wrmty56413 Stephen Fry will never die!

[ThorinJAFarnsworth]

As much as i love David Mitchell, the productive team has failed to notice that the time on the clock would not be a time where a bell would sound. Poor effort.

[moonlily1]

@Johngc390 I'm not quoting him out of context; I didn't supply his full quote; he doesn't care about the plight of the poor "because they have a safety net", which is bullshit, BTW, and I would know; and he also said he wasn't concerned about the rich because they're fine and his main concern is making sure that the middle class doesn't become poor. It's still dumb to ever say that you aren't concerned about the very poor; and I didn't say I despised him or anyone else.

[Johngc390]

@moonlily1 Ironically, you're dishonestly quoting Romney out of context to suit your purposes and as such should dispise yourself as much as you do dishonest politicians.

[TheDefiantBadger]

@TimArmst Quite.

[AEgamesFtw]

@moonlily1 And other former presidential candidate, Herman Cain, quoted the fucking pokemon movie by mistake.

Why bring up American politics in any serious context?

[255ad]

@moonlily1 why did he say that somthing so stupid?

also I think assuming politicians are only ever acting in their own self interest is very dangerous and pessimistic

[TimArmst]

I don't think this show would suffer if they got rid of the greenscreening and crap animations

[moonlily1]

Politicians lie because honesty does not serve them well; they are either saying what they think their constituency wants to hear, or trying to be all things to all people. US presidential hopeful- and multimillionaire- Mitt Romney recently said he "isn't concerned about the very poor"; I'm not surprised he feels that way, I'm only surprised that he said so.