WTF….?
These days even switching channels on the TV has become a hazardous activity. I was doing just that when I hesitated, for a split second too long, before moving on from Sky News — a channel I only watched during one occasion, the July bombings in London.
And guess who’s presenting the new flagship news show there?
James Rubin to anchor new international show on Sky News
Issued: September 12, 2005
But it seems that even Sky viewers are not so easily conned:
Viewers switch from Rubin’s new show
Oct 27, 2005 06:55 PM
In any case, this dude is baaaad. Awful. Horrible. So horrible in fact you should really check him out if you have satellite.
Update: To be fair, I just watched an interesting interview between Rubin and Robert Cooper, a foreign-affairs official at the Council of the EU. Rarely have a seen such sweeping coverage of some of the key issues confronting the EU — the Kosovo and Montenegro status; enlargement more generally; transatlantic relations; and above all, Turkey. (Though I’m always rather amused when Americans harangue the EU about admitting Turkey, something that — for better or worse — a clear majority of Europeans are deeply wary of doing.)
