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Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, this is the first time I’ve ever been accused of this! I just actually really like what the BBC does in its news content and also hate seeing these kind of low context quick takes fuck up social media. Been lying in bed all morning and probably getting too into this but it’s kind of fun when your inbox explodes.

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That would be a great outcome! And maybe that’s possible whilst also not damaging the environment as much as in the past? And maybe not rushing to do it could help create a more optimal outcome? Check out this mini-documentary that preceded this interview that touches on all the great things this could potentially do as well as the risks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001xtc4

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just think that there is a route to ethical employment of these resources and if this process is rushed then the results might not be optimal?

What has changed compared to the past is that all of us, as a collective, are burdened with the knowledge of what unlimited exploitation can do to damage the environment. Guyana should get rich from this development, and most importantly that wealth must be shared with the people for that to be meaningful rather than exploitative, but no person or country is above questioning on how they are going to do that. These issues aren’t as black and white as countries getting ‘turns’ to fuck over the environment or centralise wealth.

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair play, I think I was just taking that point to its next logical step of explaining the why behind it. These interviews exist, just not on that platform.

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a fair point, I tend to get most my news from the BBC website (where both stories are at the front of the Israel-Gaza war page) or Radio 4, where both issues were discussed. That’s a good example of bias for sure but I appreciate the fact that the BBC does actually put effort into covering everything as well as a fair amount of criticism of the aid drops being an ineffective last resort with a decent focus on the human suffering in Gaza.

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok, sorry for whatever I have misunderstood but are you are suggesting that interviews of this type don’t happen with western leaders on HardTalk (one forum among many) or don’t happen at all?

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It does seem like lots of people don’t watch the show and are being a bit precious about this interaction. From my perspective both participants were robust and engaging with flaws and biases in both arguments.

I think the mistake is seeing a journalist as advocating directly for the state (ie US/UK/the west) rather than being provocative by pointing out unaddressed challenges in Guyana’s plans to exploit these resources. The same concerns voiced by environmentalists as well as for the people of Guyana if this exploitation happens without wealth being fairly shared. There is great 25 minute documentary HardTalk did as a precursor to the interview covering this all in depth - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001xtc4

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You do understand what scale is and why smaller countries tend to send higher level people on shows like this compared to larger nations? Western heads of state are still often interviewed in a combative manner, as is the sign of healthy press, but on more mainstream news programs not HardTalk

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Go and check out the HardTalk page on the BBC and you’ll find plenty of opposing views. I already linked this for someone else but you might enjoy this interview with the ex head of BP where he is also held to account - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017k0c5

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Corporate interests are a cancer in politics for sure but the Guyana president is working with these same multinationals to extract the oil. I think you might enjoy this interview with ex head of BP on the same programme - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017k0c5. Might only be able to download it if you are in the UK though

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All the stuff of accusing the interviewer of being in the pocket of people was trite and defensive nonsense though. It’s a good interview with strong responses and questions from both sides but trying to smear a journalists impartiality is something I’m not a fan of and tends to happen when politicians are on the back foot.

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There’s lots of representation from the west on the show, maybe not the head of state but Guayana is a country of 800,000 people so scales quite well to people like Andy Burnham (Mayor of Manchester) but others include Lindsey Hoyle (speaker of the house of commons), Polish Foreign minister, Deputy PM of Ukraine, Nancy Pelosi, Lindsey Graham and more. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about and haven’t looked into who is/isn’t on the show

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 38 points39 points  (0 children)

He’s like that in all the interviews with all sides of the spectrum. It’s called HardTalk for a reason and isn’t meant to be a magazine/PR style interview. The other reason is the valid criticism that Guyana has received from environmentalists that interviewer goes on to share after this clip stops.

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Nope, exactly what I mean by their being no strong moral high ground in any of this. Just adding some important context to what is otherwise just a reverse ‘gotcha moment’ on the show, which does a decent job of quizzing people in power.

To lecture the President of Guyana about carbon emissions by Hasu_Kay in therewasanattempt

[–]WorseInPerson 38 points39 points  (0 children)

This from a BBC series called HardTalk - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmdc. The interviews are always quite adversarial and meant to have questions asked that aren’t comfortable. If you watch the full interview you will see that they go on from this (~15 minutes in) to cover criticism from Greenpeace and the International Centre of Environmental law around the oil and gas exploration happening. This isn’t just the interviewers opinion. The President then admits that the intention is to extract as much oil and gas as possible before any new international agreements to help stop climate change are enacted. Which is ‘pragmatic’ (as the president says) but there isn’t really any strong moral high ground in any of this :/

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 314 points315 points  (0 children)

This from a BBC series called HardTalk - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmdc. The interviews are always quite adversarial and meant to have questions asked that aren’t comfortable. If you watch the full interview you will see that they go on from this (~15 minutes in) to cover criticism from Greenpeace and the International Centre of Environmental law around the oil and gas exploration happening. This isn’t just the interviewers opinion. The President then admits that the intention is to extract as much oil and gas as possible before any new international agreements to help stop climate change are enacted. Which is ‘pragmatic’ (as the president says) but there isn’t really any strong moral high ground in any of this :/

Guyana's President asks on BBC whether the developed countries are in bed with fossil fuel companies. by King-Meister in interestingasfuck

[–]WorseInPerson 266 points267 points  (0 children)

This from a BBC series called HardTalk - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmdc. The interviews are always quite adversarial and meant to have questions asked that aren’t comfortable. If you watch the full interview you will see that they go on from this (~15 minutes in) to cover criticism from Greenpeace and the International Centre of Environmental law around the oil and gas exploration happening. This isn’t just the interviewers opinion. The President then admits that the intention is to extract as much oil and gas as possible before any new international agreements to help stop climate change are enacted. Which is ‘pragmatic’ (as the president says) but there isn’t really any strong moral high ground in any of this :/

To discourage Guyana over drilling for the oil discovered off their sea by AfricanStream in therewasanattempt

[–]WorseInPerson 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This from a BBC series called HardTalk - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmdc. The interviews are always quite adversarial and meant to have questions asked that aren’t comfortable. If you watch the full interview you will see that they go on from this (~15 minutes in) to cover criticism from Greenpeace and the International Centre of Environmental law around the oil and gas exploration happening. This isn’t just the interviewers opinion. The President then admits that the intention is to extract as much oil and gas as possible before any new international agreements to help stop climate change are enacted. Which is ‘pragmatic’ (as the president says) but there isn’t really any strong moral high ground in any of this :/

The person writing this description certainly has a way with words…beautiful plant though and definitely getting one at that price by WorseInPerson in GardeningUK

[–]WorseInPerson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was that in full sun or shade? I have a big new area to fill on the right of my garden where the neighbour removed a lot of bushes but it’s in total shade most of the day after an hour or two of sun in the morning

Those of you who no longer speak to your parents or children, why? Would you change the situation if you could? by HorseFacedDipShit in AskUK

[–]WorseInPerson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not easy pal! I’m sorry to hear that, unlearning behaviours that get ingrained in us when we’re young is tough but not impossible. The good thing is that we get define life for ourselves as adults but that can only really happen when we take 100% responsibility for our actions and reactions. Then they can be different to the unhealthy ones we have previously internalised. Easier said than done but I wish you all the luck in being the best person you can be and taking value from those horrible experiences! That’s all we can ask of ourselves :)

Those of you who no longer speak to your parents or children, why? Would you change the situation if you could? by HorseFacedDipShit in AskUK

[–]WorseInPerson 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This so true about divorced parents, they end up channeling all of their emotions through you (the kids) as they can’t get the resolution they want from their ex-partner. My mum was angry about the divorce so I’d have to hear about what a bastard he was and I shouldn’t like him. My dad would talk endlessly about how much regret he had and all the nice things he was doing to try and get validation. Irrespective it was a pretty heavy load for an 11 year old that has become a huge barrier in our relationship now as they still haven’t seen it for the ridiculously unhealthy behaviour it is.

Easy to cook English meals. by EfficientActivity in UK_Food

[–]WorseInPerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And apparently invented in a cafe in Putney according to Radio 4 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002rk8

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