News, Views and Reviews: Recent Episodes

Nick M

The week's news - taken from cited mainstream media articles - some views on it and then some reviews of entertainment, films, books, music, on demand shows.

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  • The "delightful" Prince Harry and Meghan: https://youtu.be/imKt32sSzpE

  • It's a Royal cock up! https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/mar/05/themonarchy.broadcasting

  • Web Archive link to Archewell pitch of "Pearl": https://web.archive.org/web/20220501212152/https://archewell.com/productions/

  • Netflix CEO: https://youtu.be/yuq52gOlFkQ

  • The Jane Moore piece: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18451539/meghan-markle-netflix-go-woke-go-broke/

  • Gillette's 'We believe: the best men can be' razors commercial takes on toxic masculinity: https://youtu.be/UYaY2Kb_PKI

  • Corporations aren't 'woke,' they just know their customers. Watch and learn, Republicans: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/04/corporations-want-customers-profits-capitalists-not-woke-column/7409760002/

  • Loose Women needs to say sorry for Jane Moore’s ‘casual racism’ comment: https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/16/loose-women-needs-to-say-sorry-for-jane-moores-casual-racism-comment-14253651/

  • New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/arts/dave-chappelle-hollywood-bowl-tackle.html

  • Video of the attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGae78sWVSw

  • Kevin Hart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RJnsxSERvk

  • Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dave-chappelle-attack-secret-stand-up-show-1235141753/

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  • Documentary is here: https://www.netflix.com/title/81520549

  • Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/14/netflix-jimmy-savile-a-british-horror-story-documentary

  • The whip system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4I6gXrk_Ws

  • Telegraph, BBC Let Savile Get Away with it: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/bbc-let-jimmy-savile-get-away-even-death/

  • Meirion Jones: https://twitter.com/TBIJ/status/1516439557138530305

  • Interview with the Director: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/jimmy-savile-director-rowan-deacon-interview

  • Charles sought Savile's advice: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/06/prince-charles-repeatedly-sought-jimmy-savile-advice-documentary-claims

  • How did he fool The Duke of Edinburgh? https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-did-he-even-fool-the-duke-of-edinburgh-netflix-s-jimmy-savile-a-british-horror-story-reviewed

  • Ripper story: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/nov/07/savile-questioned-yorkshire-ripper-police

  • Express on Mountbatten: https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/43798/How-Jim-really-did-fix-it

  • More on Mountbatten: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/lord-mountbatten-pedophile-allegations

  • NHS Report: https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/assets/Uploads/030c7dfb5e/40482-LIBRA-main-accessible-v2.3.pdf

  • Diana "my husband is planning an accident" https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/princess-diana-letter-claims-prince-13162746

  • Ted Heath and Savile: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/edward-heath-fixed-jimmy-savile-6220604

  • Savile and his mates: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jimmy-savile-love-affair-21-stone-5878177

  • Bill Oddie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgwDg-T8d-g

  • Johnny Rotten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4OzI9GYag0

  • Hints about him on telly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeB9ZxffQAE

  • Savile's Brother: https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/itv-savile-jimmy-saviles-brother-21790195

  • His nephew: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2725727/Jimmy-Savilles-nephew-reveals-fell-prey-paedophiles.html

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  • 'The Five': Twitter uses 'poison pill' to prevent Musk takeover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJLP3DA65U

  • Russell Brand "They Know It's Over": https://youtu.be/0WBgm4m8TKE

  • Obama: Pastor's Koran Burning a 'Stunt' https://youtu.be/ed2RLK8vwF4

  • SPEECH IS NOT VIOLENCE: Knowles completely owns pretentious professor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaERkte8ylA

  • When Is Speech Violence?: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/opinion/sunday/when-is-speech-violence.html

  • Where's the laptop?: https://youtu.be/stv8x04gA8c?t=1036

  • My Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/NickMargerrison

  • The weird laptop chat I mention: https://twitter.com/NickMargerrison/status/1515045803240398857

  • Elon on Free Speech: https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1514672335684579330

  • The 77th Brigade: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/twitter-executive-also-part-time-officer-uk-army-psychological-warfare-unit

  • Hate speech vs. free speech: the UK laws: https://www.theweek.co.uk/97552/hate-speech-vs-free-speech-the-uk-laws

  • The Online Harms Bill is the biggest threat to freedom of expression and it’s being buried in Government chaos: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/online-harms-bill-threat-freedom-expression-buried-government-chaos-1427925

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  • US Officials Admit They're Literally Just Lying To The Public About Russia https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/us-officials-admit-theyre-literally?s=r

  • In a break with the past, U.S. is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn't rock solid https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-using-declassified-intel-fight-info-war-russia-even-intel-isnt-rock-rcna23014

  • The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication - A Los Angeles Times intelligence reporter routinely submitted story drafts to the CIA for review. https://archive.ph/rxKop

  • Jon Snow interviews Alastair Campbell over Iraq WMD report being sexed up (2003) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBWE7QzADe8

  • David Kelly: timeline - A timeline of events in the David Kelly affair. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8566789/David-Kelly-timeline.html

  • China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html

  • John Sawers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sawers

  • Full interview with John Sawers https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/britain-debrief/britaindebrief-what-role-is-western-intelligence-playing-in-the-ukraine-crisis-a-debrief-from-sir-john-sawers/

  • Treasury's Yellen: Should not 'infer anything' from ruble's recovery https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/treasurys-yellen-should-not-infer-anything-rubles-recovery-2022-04-06/

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  • Why Biden's off-script remarks about Putin are so dangerous - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60895392

  • Biden, "response in kind" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veytybY5oLw

  • Biden, "you'll see when you're there" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK5MGc6L-2k

  • Biden, "for God's sake this man cannot remain in power" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlAdSuygyLI

  • UK distances itself from Biden's comments - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/27/nadhim-zahawi-biden-russia-putin

  • France openly criticises Biden's comments - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/27/us-denies-it-is-seeking-regime-change-in-russia-after-biden-comments-putin

  • Photo I mention - https://twitter.com/NickMargerrison/status/1508799011561648129

  • Biden clarifies Putin comments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyx81reqttY

  • Did something happen to Joe Biden - https://twitter.com/JohnMcGeever70/status/1295937679478206464

  • Biden on a "minor incursion" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiMDmtcQEEM

  • Russell Brand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tov0p7Srxw

  • Caitlin Johnstone "Proxy War" - https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/yes-its-a-proxy-war-notes-from-the

  • Caitlin Johnstone, Hillary Clinton's State Department Spokesman Just Called For Me To Be Financially Investigated - https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/hillary-clintons-state-department

  • Matt Gaetz "Where's the laptop?" - https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1508842680830382089

  • Russell Brand Oh, So Trump Wasn't Lying Then - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHNLNXq7r2U

  • Bill Hicks - Politics in America - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLIPUDlRBFA

  • Will Smith "these are jokes maaan" - https://twitter.com/CoastRocket/status/1508958108445552640

  • Jim Carey "we're not the cool club anymore" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydbJ1LMLag0&t=461s

  • Jada on her bald head - https://twitter.com/NickMargerrison/status/1509380334537818116

  • There is no one easier to manipulate than the easily offended - https://twitter.com/Holbornlolz/status/1509425062679564288

  • Charlie Hebdo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpvz7w6ilNk

  • Punch a Nazi - https://twitter.com/NickMargerrison/status/1502732002595905537

  • Aamer Rahman - https://twitter.com/aamer_rahman/status/927644648893399040

  • Owen Jones attacked in the street - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/17/man-found-guilty-of-aggravated-assault-against-owen-jones

  • "DeNazification" of Ukraine - https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083677765/putin-denazify-ukraine-russia-history

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The interview with Graham Linehan is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3St5XimKi6U

Story covered in The Daily Mail here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10648259/Father-Ted-creator-Graham-Linehan-breaks-tears-trans-attacks.html

Telegraph article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/best-tv-shows-ever-all-time-greatest-british-series-uk-2021/

Carpool is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gola0JWnrVU

The Day Today is here: https://youtu.be/G07sWzYObnk

BBC article here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/60822303

Graham Linehan's Wikipedia page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan

Magdalen Berns is here: https://youtu.be/uphZ0PLXbEw

Finally, here's my Twitter feed on the subject of "punch a Nazi": https://twitter.com/NickMargerrison/status/1502732015195635719

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