CNN’s Focus
Sometimes it is strange. Today, it’s all about a Dutchman, called Van Der Sloot, who has been accused of murder in Peru. I can’t find anything about this story in the British media.
Annoying CNN Sports
They have quite a few sports bulletins, but each is interrupted by at least three advert breaks.
The emphasis is all on sports like golf (a pastime), baseball (for over tall people), ice hockey(a waste of space) and baseball (mystifying). The action they show from football is limited and poor and there is no cricket at all.
At least I can get sports news from the BBC web site.
Fed Up with CNN
I must admit that CNN is very repetitive.If I’ve seen their piece on whaling once, I’ve seen it ten times.
I can get BBC 5 Live on the computer, but the time difference makes getting sensible stuff difficult.
And then there are the inane and repetitive adverts.
Lose Eurovision and win the World Cup
Germany did this in 1974. We’ve done the first, so here’s hoping.
CNN
I’m spending a lot of time watching CNN. It’s got better since last time I watched it.
Michael Winner
I must be one of the few people who actually like Michael Winner. He makes a refreshing change from most of the politically correct people that pass for presenters and stars these days.
His new program, Michael Winner’s Dining Stars, is either going to be very good or absolutely awful. But after hearing Michael on Richard Bacon’s program on Radio 5 on Wednesday, I’m hopeful that it could be the former. He was his usal outrageous self on that program, name-dropping like a good un’ and generally slagging off things that he didn’t like. But he also praised things that he did like.
I would agree with his comments on the north. He said that food is awful, the people and the countryside are good. But he did say that he’d never had a decent meal in a restaurant up north. Until a few weeks ago, I would have agreed with him, as being a coeliac, asking for a gluten-free meal up north brands you as a food-wimp and a southern softie.
But then, I had that wonderful lunch at The Manor House Inn at Carterway Heads. So perhaps, Michael should try that unassuming pub!
We always associate Michael with violent films, but he did make one of my favourites, Hannibal Brooks. He also produced, directed and wrote that film, which I think says a lot about Michael.
If I had to have a few celebrities at a dinner party, they’d be Michael Winner, David Bellamy, Janet Street Porter and Princess Anne. I’m not allowing dead people, but if I did, I’d include Danny Blanchflower, Ian Dury, John Lennon and my of course my late wife.
The Anonymous Widower 