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Listed below are comments made by ClownsRunTheTowns between Friday, 24th October 2008 and Friday, 15th May 2009.

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• Immigrant Song Contest - The Final 5:59pm on 15 May 2009 69. At 10:19am on 15 May 2009, omnisuperslinky wrote:
  
  "this isn't a real or even serious"
  
  You hit the nail on the head right there.
  
  Newsnight isn't serious
  Newsnight isn't real
  Newsnight has lost all credibility.
  
  Reminds me of when the BBC got into all that trouble in 2007. Their response was, "Hey, it's not meant to be taken seriously, it's only TV".
  
  If the BBC doen't even take it's own output seriously, then there's no reason why we should take the BBC seriously. No reason to have any respect for the BBC whatsoever. No reason to be forced to pay for it under the threat of prison.
  
  If the BBC was actually in touch with public opinion, this would have been an anti-immigration song contest with lyrics about overcrowding etc.
• Immigrant Song Contest 7:13pm on 12 May 2009 34. At 10:45am on 12 May 2009, JunkkMale wrote:
  "the BBC and ensure the public will be treated with respect, honesty and fairness"
  
  Oh really? Then why did they censor my comment earlier? I don't see how linking to a Daily Mail article about Jeremy Paxman's use of Romanian immigrants breaks any rules.
  
  And the other question still stands: Will the "impartial" BBC balance out this pro-immigration agenda by airing a load of anti-immigration songs next week? Of course they won't, because the BBC doesn't do balance. (but they will do censorship)
• Thursday, 19 March, 2009 7:23pm on 19 Mar 2009 Former Newsnight editor Peter Barron got a job working for Google PR the other month. Now his former employers are giving Google loads of free publicity. Coincidence?
  
  
  Remember, there's no such thing as bad publicity!
• Tuesday, 20 January, 2009 00:13am on 21 Jan 2009 Will the American broadcasters be giving British elections wall to wall coverage like this, or is it a legal obligation of the "special relationship" that the UK state broadcaster has to do servile worshipping of America, whilst America just ignores Britian? The BBC has shown itself to be an obedient fawning poodle to America. Maybe the BBC will qualify for one of those "special services to America" medals that Tony Bliar got the other week.
  
  There is rioting going on in Eastern Europe, but I suppose Newsnight has the attitude of "if it's not happening in America then we don't care".
• But is it art? 00:02am on 15 Jan 2009 I'm not normally a fan of modern art, but this is brilliant! I can't stop laughing. David Cerny is obviously a very intelligent artist and I nominate him as artist of the decade. If only Britain could produce artists of such talent. It's funny on so many levels and the way that it is a fraud just sums the EU up perfectly!
• Monday, 1 December, 2008 8:14pm on 01 Dec 2008 BarrieSingleton:
  "I have had an uneasy feeling about Mr Barroso for a long time. I'll have a poke round in his basement. Maybe I could get him arrested and have a look in his computer? Nah - I'd need some spurious accusation to cover my tracks - it would never work."
  
  
  No, you won't be able to have a look around Barroso's computer, but the EU will be able to have a look around yours... "remotely".
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7758127.stm
  "Remote searches of suspect computers will form part of an EU plan to tackle hi-tech crime"... "Forces will also take part in "remote searches" and patrol online to track down criminals."
  
  
  When the EU says "remote searches", what they really mean is hacking into your computer and having a rummage around your hard drive.
  
  The Register describes it in more detail:
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/21/schauble_state_hacking/
  "And what sort of measures would Herr Schauble like to see introduced? Remote searches of computer hard drives. Security services would send emails with Trojan software attached to machines used by suspected terrorists. These would then serve a dual function, sending data from the hacked machine back to police computers, and also acting as key loggers."
  
  
  And we all know what they mean by "terrorists": Damien Green, Icelandic banks, parents suspected of being in the wrong school catchment area etc etc.
  
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/15/eu_statewatch/
• Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 11:26am on 20 Nov 2008 #1 Ecolizy
  Perhaps Newsnight didn't want to do a report on the 2nd highest levels of immigration on record incase there was a conflict of interest with it's presenters. Paxman is known for using Romanian servants in his big house in the country, so he can't be regarded as being impartial on immigration. Kirsty Wark likes to go on holiday with members of the Labour party, so people wouldn't be able to trust her to be impartial when questioning Labour's immigration policy either.
  
  The way that the BBC focused on the lower figure of net migration in their headlines, rather than the higher figure of half a million for gross immigration, made it look like the BBC are trying to downplay the scale of immigration.
• Wednesday 5th November 2008 09:03am on 06 Nov 2008 Does Barak Obama hate political bloggers like Hazel Blears does? If so, maybe he should create a huge government database of all our private emails, personal web history, texts messages and phone calls, to keep an eye on those pesky bloggers, like what our Labour party over here in Britain is doing.
  
  If Newsnight could spare a moment from reporting on elections in foreign countries that British people can't vote in, perhaps it could report on this assault on our freedoms that Labour is doing? Or is reporting on things that actually have a direct impact on British people not of any interest to the British State Broadcasters "flagship news programme"?
• President Obama: A Newsnight Special 10:32pm on 05 Nov 2008 With all this coverage given to US elections, you would be forgiven for thinking that 70% of new British laws come from the USA. But actually...
  70% of laws passed in UK come from the EU
  but
  70% of British media coverage comes from the USA
  
  Tony Blair was criticised for being a poodle to the USA, but the BBC has shown itself to be an even bigger poodle to America.
• Storm over Corfu 00:55am on 24 Oct 2008 Giving Robert Peston a very public sacking (James Whale style) might help to restore public trust in the BBC.

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