That was great, but Kevin Spacey wins.

Also they need Michael Caine lessons from Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon

I think Steve Coogan nicely summed up why you should not.

HE sounds JUST like Steve Coogan

Thanks

There is another video that dannym has commented on with a similar theme to the poem - http://videosift.com/video/Steve-Coogan-tears-into-The-News-Of-The-World
>> ^enoch:

oritteropo
right on man.that was excellent.
and ill just add that the poem also accuses us all of destroying the very heroes we once exalted for even failing us in the slightest degree.
it is about consumption of an idea manifested in the idolization of a person..or thing.

>> ^kymbos:

Spoco, you have to see this. He's losing it: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/07/08/3265296.htm


And... urgh, He still doesn't see the wrong of 'hacking into' people's phones. He seems to think that if they were doing wrong, then it's all ok. Well, what if you THINK that they're doing wrong, but they aren't? Huh? Who made you the judge and jury of innocence. Whether they are doing right or wrong does not give a newspaper the right to hack into their phone. If there's suspicion of them doing wrong you present your case for why you think so such that a warrant may be granted, but that's a police matter.

You aren't just allowed to break the law when it suits.

He still seems to think it's all ok to hack into people's phones, that there's nothing wrong with it per se. He is a giant and unequivocal Dickhead who deserves no pity (as he's trying to get obviously in that interview)

ARGH, (sorry, writing this as I watch it), he's going on AGAIN that 'most people' are fine with them hacking celebrities' phones just because they make a lot of money. NO you FUCKWIT, just because people are rich, doesn't mean they suddenly lose all their right to privacy.

Fuck him, fuck his mock outrage that celebrities aren't allowed privacy.

WAIT... He just asked for publicity, he just mentioned his bar and asked people to pop in... right, we're now allowed to hack his phone, pry into his personal life, harass his children. Hypocritical FUCK.

He seems to consider celebrities as sub human, as not worth affording the same rights as other people.

Well fuck him.

That interview makes me truly hate him now, moved on from just thinking him a slimy shit.

That vid that kymbos sent you? He has started to lose the argument with himself and he is now disassociating himself with the activities.

Morally bankrupt.

In reply to this comment by spoco2:
Utterly, utterly amazing that he seems to think he can take the high ground.

He has all these things pre-loaded though. He knows the 'average Joe' wants more money, so he tries to play on how much Coogan has. He jumps on the rich angle as often as he can, and when he's not jumping on that, he's trying on the 'well you want publicity, you court this' bullshit too.

He has convinced himself that he is just, I'm sure he has to keep saying the mantras to himself to stop the horrible guilt from telling him otherwise, but I think he currently is winning his internal monologue and thinks that he is 'just' in what he does.

Scum.

http://videosift.com/video/News-of-the-World-journalist-clearly-imploding

I found it on youtube and posted it.

This is the most amazing news interview I have ever seen. This guy is clearly imploding and doing it on international television. The look on the interviewer's face at the end.... you can tell he too has never experienced anything like it.


>> ^kymbos:

Spoco, you have to see this. He's losing it: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/07/08/3265296.htm

Honestly I don't know the first thing about celebrity gossip but I imagine it's actually quite the opposite; the dedicated tabloids would probably be much more interested in some truly trashy piece of gossip to report, and like it or not, a piece about celebrity yeast infections would probably sell way better than one covering hairstyles.

Remember the whole Gizmodo iPhone debacle? Same thing. Sure Gizmodo were to blame for being completely unprofessional, but they were simply the manifestation of the Apple fanboy hoards. We can't expect the media to practice professionalism and work ethic when we don't demand it as consumers but simply frown when they go 'over the line' (and even when they do, and we frown, we still manage to make it worth their while).

>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^NinjaInHeat:
I must say I sympathize with the so called "journalist". He is doing a very poor job of defending himself and I in no way support the point he's trying to make, but he does touch on something I agree with; this whole voyeurism industry is filth by definition, what's incredible here isn't the lengths that these reporters would go to to push out more trash news, it's that there's such an overwhelming demand for this garbage.
I would much rather hear actors directing heat on these issues straight at the audiences (which of course they won't). It's much easier blaming the celebrity media, but they are simply a manifestation of the mindless consumer horde.

In a way, sure, but i don't think the public would be happy with them hacking people's private shit to get that gossip. Well, they're clearly not because i haven't heard a single person standing up for them yet, though i'm sure there's reprehensible people who would somewhere in britain.
I don't think i've ever heard someone say "i get the paper for the celebrity gossip". And whilst i know there are celebrity gossip magazines out there that sell, i'd venture a guess that it's "cheryl cole's got a new hairstyle" that they're interested in rather than "cheryl cole's booked in for a yeast infection at local clinic, phone transcript inside".

>> ^NinjaInHeat:

I must say I sympathize with the so called "journalist". He is doing a very poor job of defending himself and I in no way support the point he's trying to make, but he does touch on something I agree with; this whole voyeurism industry is filth by definition, what's incredible here isn't the lengths that these reporters would go to to push out more trash news, it's that there's such an overwhelming demand for this garbage.
I would much rather hear actors directing heat on these issues straight at the audiences (which of course they won't). It's much easier blaming the celebrity media, but they are simply a manifestation of the mindless consumer horde.


In a way, sure, but i don't think the public would be happy with them hacking people's private shit to get that gossip. Well, they're clearly not because i haven't heard a single person standing up for them yet, though i'm sure there's reprehensible people who would somewhere in britain.

I don't think i've ever heard someone say "i get the paper for the celebrity gossip". And whilst i know there are celebrity gossip magazines out there that sell, i'd venture a guess that it's "cheryl cole's got a new hairstyle" that they're interested in rather than "cheryl cole's booked in for a yeast infection at local clinic, phone transcript inside".

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>> ^dannym3141:

but also live with himself when he clearly knows what a horrible seedy little man he is.

I doubt he realises or cares how much of a piece of shit he is. He sounds very similar to the reasonings of an xbox hacker I had read about a while back. Unrepentant and utterly ignorant of the fact he's a slimey, piece of shit scumbag that should crawl into a hole to stay so we never have to deal with him ever again.

Also, notice how he always mentions "You being in all the movies... making 5 million pound a movie... you got all these houses..." sounds he's just bitter that he's not in movies or something

>> ^Deano:
As an Englishman if I spent my days explaining we don't all have crap teeth, live in Castles, are rubbish in bed and dress like tramps I'd never leave the house.
This has reminded me of a program in Jeremy Clarkson's CV that might be interesting. Called Jeremy Clarkson meets the Neighbours he travelled around Europe seeing if people matched their stereotypes. And then at the end a representive from that country would be interviewed and happily mock their nation.


As it was pointed out in Steve Coogan's article, there is a huge difference between rich white people making fun of other rich white people, and rich white people making fun of mexicans. For example, the same racist joke can be perfectly acceptable coming from a black comedian, but quite offensive when told by a white comedian.

I imagine that there's not much exposure to Mexicans in Britain, and perhaps Britain is spared the tension between different races, cultures, and social/economic status that long marred American history. So out of sheer ignorance I guess Hammond's joke could seem quite harmless.

Just out of curiosity, how would people react if an Englishman said similarly degrading things about the Scottish or Indians? (though I'm sure Scotland is much better off than Mexico)

>> ^Sarzy:

Steve Coogan's response.


"Richard has his tongue so far down the back of Jeremy's trousers he could forge a career as the back end of a pantomime horse."

haha

What a great response from Steve Coogan. If it were possible to respect him even more, that piece does it for me.

Steve Coogan's response.