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Extremely Boring Video. Do Not Watch It
I have managed to get hold of a copy, which you can see here, of my lengthy interview with Sky News about the Skripals yesterday, which Sky refused to put online because they allege I was boring. With the warning you might therefore be very bored, you may watch it if you wish.
In recent weeks, Murray has faced criticism for repeatedly questioning the handling of the Skripal poisoning case, calling on the UK government to make public more evidence on the nerve agent and its origin
It appears that the Sky News row stems from a blog post by Murray on April 4, when he insinuated that Sky had done some sneaky editing of its interview with Gary Aitkenhead, the chief executive of the government lab at Porton Down, in order to keep the Conservative government on-side.
6
April,2018
I have managed to get hold of a copy, which you can see here, of my lengthy interview with Sky News about the Skripals yesterday, which Sky refused to put online because they allege I was boring. With the warning you might therefore be very bored, you may watch it if you wish.
Kay
Burley then appeared to suggest in reply to persistent questioning
from Teymoor Nabili that Sky News could not put the interview online
as they did not record it and do not hold a copy, which is plainly
untrue (and would be illegal under their broadcast license).
My
perspective on the interview itself was that the interviewer became
aggressive and sarcastic, increasingly shrill as the apparent effort
to discredit me was not going well, and resorting eventually to
asking about any old extraneous matter but the Skripals. I strongly
suspect it was not me being boring, but the strange performance by
Kay Burley, which motivated Sky to bury the interview.
But
you must judge for yourself.
It
is my policy when invited by journalists, to give considered and
courteous answers to the particular questions which they ask. This is
as opposed to what politicians do, which is to spout pre-prepared
soundbites irrespective of what they are asked.
I
appreciate that mine is a very old-fashioned approach, and may lead
you to be frustrated about areas I did not cover. I also make no
attempt to look slick or sound glib. I realise in this modern age
that may not be good PR, but my belief remains that in the long term
people will see me as a polite and thoughtful old gentleman, and feel
less disposed to share the obvious contempt towards me of the media
and politician classes
Craig
Murray clashes with Sky News’ Kay Burley over interview on Skripal
poisoning
RT,
6
April, 2018
Britain’s
ex-ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray and veteran Sky News
presenter Kay Burley faced off on social media, after Murray
questioned why his interview on the Salisbury poisoning did not
appear on the network’s website.
In
an exclusive interview with RT, Craig Murray said that Burley’s
“strange impoliteness took [him] by surprise.”
“[The
interview] was broadcast live but Sky’s daytime audience is not all
that large,” said Murray. “A lot of people missed it and wanted
to see it on their website but it wasn’t shown there at all, and
they said it would be.
“I
think the plan was to try and make me look foolish with the
aggressive interviewing but that didn’t work. I think that’s why
they’ve then buried it.”
“Maybe
you just weren’t that interesting,” quipped Kay, when Murray
asked on Twitter why his extended, 20-minute interview with Sky News
did not make it onto the network’s website. Burley’s comments
kicked off a wave of anger, with social media users dubbing her
“rude” and a “hack.”
For
a professional you don't act it very much lmao what's with the amount
of famous people recently feeling the urge to be like this on social
media? It's not even down to being a professional, just being an
adult to be honest
How about the rest of us be the judge? Censorship isn’t cute.
For a professional you don't act it very much lmao what's with the amount of famous people recently feeling the urge to be like this on social media? It's not even down to being a professional, just being an adult to be honest
The real journalists can barely feed themselves. It’s mainly hacks who are employed now.
Others
told the Sky News anchor that “censorship isn’t cute,” with one
user calling on Sky to let its viewers be the judge as to whether
Murray, a historian and former British ambassador, is not “that
interesting.” Burley’s comments were broadly slammed on social
media for being unprofessional and for failing to provide an
explanation as to why the interview isn’t available.
Who believes that Sky News' motive in binning the 20 minute interview they recorded with me on the Skripals was really that I was extremely boring? And if so, why did the cameras keep rolling? And why is this @KayBurley person being so rude? twitter.com/KayBurley/stat…
In recent weeks, Murray has faced criticism for repeatedly questioning the handling of the Skripal poisoning case, calling on the UK government to make public more evidence on the nerve agent and its origin
In
his interview with Burley on Sky News, Murray and the presenter had a
back and forth about Sky News’ Porton Down interview, with Murray
suggesting that an extra question may have been recorded after the
original interview and tacked on to the end.
“What
I’d said was that the interview had been heavily edited and she
took exception to that and said it hadn’t been heavily edited,”
Murray told RT. “It appeared [they tried] to add it on to a
question that hadn’t been asked. She said they had asked 35
questions and that was the answer to question 16.”
In
retaliation, Burley took aim at Murray via her own Twitter account,
accusing him of “ludicrous accusations against [her] colleague” –
much to Murray’s apparent confusion over the accusation and
colleague she was referring to.
Not at all, Mr former Ambassador.
However, inaccurate, ludicrous accusations against my colleague should be treated appropriately.
Good day to you sir twitter.com/craigmurrayorg…
However, inaccurate, ludicrous accusations against my colleague should be treated appropriately.
Good day to you sir twitter.com/craigmurrayorg…
It appears that the Sky News row stems from a blog post by Murray on April 4, when he insinuated that Sky had done some sneaky editing of its interview with Gary Aitkenhead, the chief executive of the government lab at Porton Down, in order to keep the Conservative government on-side.
“Aitkenhead’s
government minders were evidently unhappy with the interview, and the
last passage is a statement, not in answer to any question, of the
government’s propaganda position which is a very bad edit and
clearly tacked on after the interview had finished,” Murray wrote
on Wednesday.
Sky
news appear to be lying when they told @CraigMurrayOrg they used two
cameras to shoot this interview. I screenshotted the wide shot,
zoomed it in and superimposed on the zoomed in shot. It’s the same
camera in my view.
https://twitter.com/skynews/status/981190172925616128 …
Twitter
users have since speculated that only one camera was used in the
article – although Sky News insists that two cameras were used to
film the interview, which is why it could have been mistaken as a
separate edit. One social media user did some amateur in-depth video
analysis to back up Murray’s position.
Neither
Sky News or Craig Murray have commented further on the two camera/one
camera issue.
Sky news appear to be lying when they told @CraigMurrayOrg they used two cameras to shoot this interview. I screenshotted the wide shot, zoomed it in and superimposed on the zoomed in shot. It’s the same camera in my view. twitter.com/skynews/status…
Here's why the extended interview with @CraigMurrayOrg on SkyNews is nowhere to be found. They think no-one will notice. pic.twitter.com/ZP1EIyKQJv
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