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Topic History of: Friends and Biographers
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Misa |
To be fair, hedda, I thought it wasn't a bad little interview. Both come across quite well, and Colvin does at least ask Davies about his personal impressions of Savile, having spent some time with him. Given that leading figures in the British media, who Colvin would have known well, one imagines, had given their seal of approval to the story, I'm not surprised that Colvin thought Savile's guilt beyond doubt. But, therein lies the problem, as you noted.
Perhaps it was ever thus, and accepted truths are the only truths we really know. What's a heretic to do? |
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hedda |
Misa wrote:
That interview with Mark Colvin for ABC can be heard here.
interesting hearing it again in the wake of the Carl Beech fiasco which of course Colvin never got to hear about and he missed the overturning of a Rolf Harris conviction.
I think perhaps Davies may have been a pal of his as he just blindly accepts Davies' claims.
I was disappointed going off him as i thought he had such a great voice on the radio and he did cover important subjects. |
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Misa |
That interview with Mark Colvin for ABC can be heard here. |
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hedda |
sadly this was an argument I had with the late highly respected Australian broadcaster Mark Colvin when he announced he would be interviewing Davies the following day.
His response put me right off him as I asked if he would also question his great devotion to Savile and his "heart of gold " claim.
Colvin basically accused me of being a "pedo supporter" when I asked if he would ask Davies if he knew Savile so well why didn't he spot "something untoward" about him and if he would consider that if Savile was the most prolific abuser claimed than perhaps it was Dan Davies who was a "pedo supporter" having actively promoted Savile for years.
Answer came there none ..just a click of the phone.
I'm sure Savile would have cared that his small fortune destined for charity was eaten up by greedy lawyers and claimants.
A travesty and very scary case of "Media Group Think" where they fall into line and parrot and echo each other.
They did it with Iraq of course and 100,000s of innocents died needlessly and now they all blame Tony Blair and write their own participation out of it while also condemning the 1000s of refugees who flee for their lives in countries we blow apart with media support. |
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Amanda |
Dan Davies is a spectacularly poor researcher. He didn't contact any of us, but I guess he only wanted to speak to those who barely knew Sir Jimmy Savile and were happy to lie about him. It made me see red to hear him refer to himself as "the man who knew him best" Ha! As Misa pointed out he couldn't even get his name right.
I hope you read this Mr Davies and I hope you feel ashamed of yourself. The money you earned will not bring you happiness and the awards that sit on your shelf will remind you every day that Karma is on its way. Bad deeds have consequences.
You should've approached us, you'll regret not doing so. |
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