M&S discussions (that's morons and scaremongers)

Newsnight - 5. , parisJetlack wrote:

'Would it not be more sensible for the Newsnight team to invite more pragmatic ...'

Surely, you jest? This is not about a sensible debate with intelligent opinion and well-balanced, if often subjective analysis... this is a Newsnight debate... about BBC ratings.

Please don't go putting ideas in their heads:

'Why not invite some [choice of vocal extreme on any topic on booker's speed dial] nutter on while you are at it and they can shout at each other across a table ..'

It's called the 'Newsnight twofer'. Best conducted with a 'moderator' who supplies feeds and either doesn't know enough or care to slap down gross inaccuracies.

Though, to be fair, all the rest of our 'fine media estate' do the same thing too.