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Dermot Murnaghan: Another of the Sky News "nasties".

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/11/emily-thornberry-sexism-dermot-murnaghan-sky-news Emily Thornberry accuses Sky presenter Murnaghan of sexism Murnaghan's smug smirk says it all Dermot Murnaghan is yet another of those self opinionated obnoxious, patronising "presenters", so favoured by Murdoch's Sky News. Granted that Emily Thornberry could have handled the interview better, she allowed herself to become flustered by the provocative and hostile interview technique which is usual for Murnaghan in this Sunday morning slot. Murnaghan may not have been sexist in this interview, but he certainly was loathsome.

Sky News switches its tack from numbers to positions.

Dermot Murnaghan has learned very little from previous gaffes. Dermot Murnaghan Sky News must have been running a crash course in bias and smear for thieir newscasters since Jeremy Corbyn was included on the ballot paper. The latest specimin to crawl out from bhind the scenery in the Sky News studio is Dermot Murnaghan, who after his awful bias and hysteria on his Sunday programme yesterday, returned today to pour bile and aggressive interview techniques on anyone not saying what Murnaghan wanted them to say. Today the target was the composition of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet. Having been thwarted in his "number of women in the cabinet" jibes as the total exceeded 50% , Murnaghan switched his bile to "Ah but none of the women have the top jobs". Even that is wrong, but that did not deter Murnaghan from pressing the point. He used the "top jobs" snipe at least 10 times and must have said "Ah Yes, But" at least as many times. St...