BBC programme on poker / money

[AdamM]

I've been contacted by a guy from the BBC about helping with a documentary on online poker. he got my details of a home game list. I've spoken to him on the phone and told him my 'story' and he may well want to come and film me and mrs AdamM play one night. Still not sure about that myself because my one concern is that poker players may not be presented in the best light in a BBC money programme documentary. anyway, I may be worrying about nothing. if you'd like to help the guy out his name is phillip kemp and here are his contact details. phillip.kemp@bbc.co.uk 0208 752 5412 he's interested in people playing at all levels and is particulary interested in speaking to women who play online and people who win lots and loose lots (which is what worries me)

[tikay]

The same guy rung Jen last week, &, I think, Mel Lofthouse. I understand your concern, but if youi can't trust the Beeb Current Affairs Department, who can you trust to present a balanced piece?

[AdamM]

 I understand your concern, but if youi can't trust the Beeb Current Affairs Department, who can you trust to present a balanced piece?

were you watching the same war coverage I was?

Beeb have far from earned my trust with their biased reporting in the past.

[TightEnd]

he may well want to come and film me and mrs AdamM play one night.

cheap shot I know, but I laughed anyway. 

[AdamM]

slim chance of anything other than poker 

[tikay]

The war coverage was not by the Dept, that was BBC News. It's a given that National News coverage is dictated to by the Government & the Military in times of War. The grerat shame is that they think we actually BELIEVE what we see on the news about how a conflict is going, whereas anyone with a single brain cell interprets what they see & hear, depending largely upon where they saw or heard it.

[Maroon]

Being ex-forces, I heard it from mates who were there when they got home and there is a world of difference from the reported version.

[Colchester Kev]

Living in Colchester, and having a few mates that are in 2 and 3 para (stationed in Colchester)  I too have heard stories that make you realise what is and isnt told to the general public via the news channels... but having said that when you look at the news in some countries, we are far better off than some .

[AdamM]

The war coverage was not by the Dept, that was BBC News. It's a given that National News coverage is dictated to by the Government & the Military in times of War. The grerat shame is that they think we actually BELIEVE what we see on the news about how a conflict is going, whereas anyone with a single brain cell interprets what they see & hear, depending largely upon where they saw or heard it.

sorry mate, you obviously weren't watching the same coverage as me. The BBC were very ANTI government with their war coverage. horrible biased reporting.

[NoflopsHomer]

The war coverage was not by the Dept, that was BBC News. It's a given that National News coverage is dictated to by the Government & the Military in times of War. The grerat shame is that they think we actually BELIEVE what we see on the news about how a conflict is going, whereas anyone with a single brain cell interprets what they see & hear, depending largely upon where they saw or heard it.

sorry mate, you obviously weren't watching the same coverage as me. The BBC were very ANTI government with their war coverage. horrible biased reporting.

I disagree, a poll came out during the war and a clear majority of people said neither the BBC nor any of the other news channels were anti-war enough.

[tikay]

Sorry Adam, think deeper.

A few brave souls at the BBC told the truth, against orders to say the war was good & all was well, which is what they were supposed to say.

These brave souls were only anti-Government in the sense that the Government were undeniably wrong to pursue the war, particularly at the behest of Bush & Co, & so the guys spoke the truth, a truth that all right thinking people knew to be the case. It is one of THE greatest tragedies of my lifetime that America has decided it wants to control the Middle East, & cares not a jot how many innocent Muslims die so that the Americans greed & lust for power & oil can be satisfied. And the Americans wonder why Muslims attack them?! And before any idiot says it, OF COURSE I don't condone terrorist attacks on anyone, anywhere, (I abhor ALL Terrorism, let's be quite clear about that) but imagine if the boot were on the other foot, & the Muslims went into America & told them how to run their country.....

But I am not sure this is really the place to be discussing such grave issues. I am happy to debate it with you off-Forum though. blonde is a place to have fun, & the needless murder (under the guise of "war") of so many Muslims is something that is a very serious matter, & one that distrubs me greatly, & I find it hard not to get uptight about.

[Ironside]

maybe if the news wasnt so anti war we would get the real facts and we wouldnt be getting suicide bombers in the uk now

so they never found any WoMD the fact was sadamn needed removing from power and the only mistake made was the 12 year delay in doing it, the british media have an anti american element in it and will knock the USA any chance it gets because the UK sat on the same table as bush meant our media was going to knock the war,

the bombings in london in july have been linked to the iraq war, the bombers believed in some of this anti war claptrap being spouted by the british media and used this to justify there cause

FACT a large MAJORITY of iraqis both in iraq and abroad wanted sadam gone and if the allies had not left them on there own after the first gulf war then he would have been gone along time ago with alot less loss of life and with the majority of those removing sadam being iraqis themselves leading to a more peacefull change or regime


so now OUR troops are in a dangerous forgien country with little support from our media and countrymen, doing a job that our government forgot to do over a decade ago and all they get is crap about an illegal war, tell that to the 100,000s of kuiwaites that still have no idea what happened to there loved ones, or the kurds in northern iraq that were gassed in there beds (mothers and children) and the iraqis in the south that were butchered when they tried to overthrow sadam in the early 90's

now this is a poker forum so i dont think we should be talking any of this crap because i might ended up pissing some people off

[tikay]

I see they've given out rain for tomorrow. The garden needs it.......

[TightEnd]

Isn't it wonderful how so many innocent threads develop in completely different directions?

My mind harks back to the thread about "LOST" which developed into mammoth views on copyright and the "Syrflop" thread that was all about censorship and freedom of speech

Very rarely does it develop into flaming, and there are usually a lot of strong opposing views

Great stuff

[Ironside]

hey you should of seen this idiot in my wcoop supersat last night had 40k CL by 10k
average was about 10k with about 20 left 8 seats to play for with money back to 11th
kept trying to bully worked well vrs the short stacks but he kept taking on the bigger stacks
ended up 13th meanwhile i nursed my stack that never went over 4k the whole comp to the tikay 12th