Did you read this profile of that other very modern BBC journalist Evan Davis. It’s the The Guardian, naturally…
‘Beneath the serious exterior of a BBC economics guru, Evan Davis reveals a fun, charming, exuberant side – and, perhaps, some interesting piercings Really, life is full of little surprises. Twelve hours before trotting off to TV centre to meet Evan Davis, I just thought of him as the bloke off the Ten O’Clock News …..And yet, there I am, half a day later, wondering if there’s a polite way to ask him if he has a pierced penis.
His in-house nickname at the BBC is Tinsel Tits on account of his – alleged – nipple rings, he never rolls up his sleeves on account of his – alleged – tattoo. And finally, and most rivetingly, according to various gay chatsites on the internet, and my friend in the BBC newsroom, he – allegedly – has a ‘Prince Albert’, so-called because ‘the Prince Consort is said to have had a ring attached to his penis which was then strapped to his thigh in order to maintain the smooth line of the tight trousers that were in fashion at the time’.
and Evan won’t have a word said against ‘the great Peter Jay’. He frequently quotes him – ‘his insight was that economics journalism is not about reporting the facts, there are too many facts’ .'”
The BBC certainly follows that particular thought process….
Can anyone lend me a sickbag? I’ve run out.
There’s certainly too much information in that piece. I’m probably getting too old for this world, but I find utter disregard for the niceties and civilities of public discourse, that we see these days in articles such as this one, to be quite unpleasant.
Yes, I agree with John. It’s a modern form of vulgarity. Why doesn’t Davis protest about being written about in such a way instead of seeming to bask in this kind of attention? You’d think he’d deplore it if he thought about his professional and public position but then again, why would he go out in public making such a display of himself festooned with chains and I dread to think what else…tattoos and the rest I’d rather not even know about or think about?
Well if you buy the grauniad what else can you expect but shit like this.
Their HUGE readership is welcome to it.
Which Labour cabinet minister used to hit the London gay scene with Davis during the last administration? I think we should be told.
Yawn. I wonder if homosexuals will ever tire of their entire personality and life story being based exclusively on their sexual orientation.
“And finally, and most rivetingly…”
Yeah…I’m literally gagging.
Is this man a trashy euro pop star, or a serious economics journalist? I guess everything and everyone at the BBC/Guardian has to be pressed through some sort of trendy street culture filter in an attempt to make all things appear ‘relevant and accessible’ to our ‘vibrant and diverse’ audience. This kind of discussion would be fit for The Graham Norton Show, were he to be interviewing some cheap and vulgar reality ‘star’. Journalists, at one time, were serious people to be highly regarded. Can anyone imagine an interviewer being curious enough to ask David Frost about his genitals? Weird. I have respect for the genuinely cultivated correspondents of the past and present, but not these adolescent posers.
David Vance is so hard up for genuine criticism of the BBC, he’s now digging up articles that are six and a half years old. Bless.
(Always assuming that he actually realised it’s six and a half years old. After all, this is the man who derided the BBC for letting a Scottish comedian tell an anti-Thatcher joke, when it turned out he’d actually been watching an English comedian on Channel 4. Accuracy isn’t exactly Vance’s forte…)
anyway, if i saw him in Chariots Sauna, i wouldn’t want to fuck him