Christina Patterson and Mathew Sayed. Patronising and arrogant paper previewers who are very much at home on the Sky News sofa.
Every
evening at 10:30pm and again at 11:30 pm Sky News have their preview
of the following days papers. There are some "reviewers"
seated on the sofa, who actually have sensible and enlightening views
or comments to offer on the news on the front pages of tomorrows
pages. However, there are other "reviewers" who only
ever come across as patronising, arrogant and clearly lacking in any
knowledge of the subject upon which they are offering an opinion.
Last night's (Saturday) occupants of the sofa were no exception.
Arrogant reviewer in chief was the odious Christina Patterson who
shared the sofa with Mathew Sayed as they reviewed, amongst other
stories, the story covering the death of Fidel Castro.
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| Bay of Pigs. Invasion collapses |
Without once
referring to free health care, free education, improved
living standards for the people of Cuba or the crippling sanctions
and embargoes imposed on Cuba over the last 50 years Patterson
especially managed to demonstrate a complete ignorance of the subject
particularly when she confused the botched and abortive "Bay of
Pigs" invasion of 1961 with the "Cuban missile crisis"
of October 1962 describing the Bay of Pigs as the greatest threat of
nuclear war the world has ever seen. She did not even mention the
Cuban
missile
crisis,
which leads me to the view that she has probably never even heard of
it.
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| Debate on the Cuban Missile Crisis at the U N on 25 October 1962 |
I reiterate my plea to Sky News, that they at least try to invite
reviewers onto the sofa who have some knowledge of their subject, are
not arrogant and patronising and are able to offer balance rather
than bias in their opinions.
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