Throwing the Book At Ken Livingstone
January 20, 2011 16:43 by Pesach BensonHonestReporting once named Ken Livingstone the Lousiest Journalist Wannabe. The reason? This fawning interview with Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal in an edition of the New Statesman, which Red Ken was guest editing.
I guess it got someone’s attention in Iran; the UK just discovered he’s been hosting Epilogue, a weekly book review show on Iran’s Press TV for several months.
Tellingly, the Evening Standard reports that the British public holds a very dim view of Livingstone’s association with Iran:
The broadcaster was investigated last year by Ofcom after interviewing a jailed Newsweek journalist who was allegedly under extreme duress at the time in an interrogation room.
Mr Livingstone’s appearances, reviewing books on the channel, put him at odds with senior Labour figures including party leader Ed Miliband, who called last month for the release of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning after her alleged confession to her part in her husband’s murder was shown on Press TV.
I was particularly impressed with Toby Young, who really throws the book at Livingstone:
Livingstone’s role on the channel is to present a book programme – ironic, considering the Iranian regime isn’t exactly known for its love of literature. This is the same regime, after all, whose spiritual leader sentenced a British author to death for having the temerity to write a work of fiction he disapproved of.
It’s easy to understand why the Jewish community is outraged. Previous programs have included:
• Zionist Israel And Apartheid South Africa
• The Invention Of The Jewish People
• Israel And The Clash Of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran And The Plan To Remake The Middle East
I’m sure Livingstone — like Press TV’s other faces, Galloway and Lauren Booth — is quite reasonably paid by the mullahs.
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steve mann
6:41 pm
Jan 21, 2011
This is the man, when Lord Mayor of London, who said that the 7/7 London bombers were evil and criminal-(My Words- near enough to what he said).
Then when questioned- “Now you know how the Israeli`s feel when a suicide bomber gets through and kills civilians”
He answered- Thats different- They are freedom fighters (Or such words)
He also the man who invited the IRA to London whilst they too were setting of bombs on the mainland.
This is the man who accused a Jewish journalist of acting like a Nazi when he attempted to make Livingstone answer a question.
This is the man who “Screams” for “Human Rights” and now is in the pay of a regime.
that stones to death for adultery- publicly hangs homosexuals- beheads apostates.
This is not a MAN- its a parasite!
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Independent
11:22 pm
Jan 22, 2011
Mr Livingstone was never Lord Mayor of the City of London, a position held by many distinguished, literate, and occasionalty Jewish people..
He was the first directly elected executive Mayor of London, quite a different position.
He was originally elected by a coalition of different interests usually of an extremist nature. His career has been charactised by ruthlessness, as when he replaced the elected leader of the LCC in a post-election coup, and when he secured the de-selection of Reg Freeson, a Jewish Labour MP and replaced him in the House of Commons.
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2011 Dishonest Reporting Awards | The Conservative Papers
1:27 pm
Dec 15, 2011
[...] Dropped Ken Livingstone‘s book review show in the face of public disapproval. [...]
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