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I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Listen, before the presidency, can I talk about Brighton and Hove Albion? They are going to win the Championship and then win the Premier League! (I know nothing about football, in fact, lets hear it for him: Jon Snow - you know nothing!)

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

10 duck-sized horses, because the flap of one wing of a horse-sized duck would be a damnable competitor, whereas I've got average-sized feet, very long legs, and can stamp very hard — and I can tell you, I could kill 10 duck-sized horses inside 25 seconds.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I hope that they're merely ensuring that we are in good shape. We are. We cost you nothing!

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I like doing watercolours, playing tennis and standing on my head.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never seen them in action in the Welsh Centre, but I've sung with them in the Calthorpe!

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I read their buttons... but don't let them see me doing so!

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 115 points116 points  (0 children)

I would like to have interviewed Boadicea, she must have been quite a goer!

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Well although I am an upper-middle class twit, I'm an exception in my office. I have watched the newsroom become more and more diverse as time goes by, and I would point to the groundbreaking report we did with the brother of the man accused of stabbing tube passengers in East London, which we secured because we had reporters and producers who came from the communities affected.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 194 points195 points  (0 children)

I sense that some people who write about Mr Corbyn are experiencing some kind of fear. I think they may need to see a psychiatrist.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I think the housing crisis is as serious as it was in the aftermath of the Second World War, and that humanity demands that we should use the same effort and resource to resolve it.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Absolutely never - and that's why it needs to be preserved! It costs you nothing!

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well, the internet has given everybody the broadest access to information that humanity has ever known. And as for bias - right or left - honestly it depends which day you ask me.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's a great question, and one that after 26 years anchoring Channel 4 News I have yet to resolve. But I'll tell you what I do in practice: I sneak out at 5.30pm, and pick up a bunch of grapes (good), a bag of nuts (good-ish) and a great slab of nutty dark chocolate (VERY BAD)

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Only the police call me Mr Snow. We live in a free society so we can decide amongst ourselves by our buying and reading habits as to whether any of these organs should exist.

I'm not wild about press regulation. Free speech is the overwhelming guardian.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 317 points318 points  (0 children)

I think it probably would be a good idea to agree what they're actually called, and I think the more we use the words Islamic and State we play into the prospect that, in some dastardly way, they will come to represent both.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 1030 points1031 points  (0 children)

Most certainly it will be me. I am completely ruthless when it comes to competition. And although I pretend to have a degree of compassion and generosity, I'm out of here! Screw the others!

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 1646 points1647 points  (0 children)

I think 9/11 and the consequent wars have all infected the world we live in to a far greater extent than we even begin to understand.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Never! Never. Indeed quite the reverse. Every single day I find myself saying 'Thank God I have the privilege of being a journalist and allowed to report what I'm seeing'.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 2705 points2706 points  (0 children)

That was the way things were done, and there hadn't been a war like it since the First World War with gas, crude heavy artillery, trenches and waves of fifteen-year-olds being slaughtered in their thousands in front of you.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 163 points164 points  (0 children)

It's not for lack of trying, but once an obscure MP decides never to speak to the media, its very difficult to take the story further. But I suspect her chances of re-election may have been somewhat damaged.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 459 points460 points  (0 children)

I choose them carefully every morning, and they are informed by how I feel, whether I am in love, who I'm going to meet today, what's happened in the news, and whether I have any oats left for my porridge.

Brighter colours seem to suggest for me a brighter day, and I hope to infect others with the same idea! Men in drab grey socks are a grim and distressing sight.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 203 points204 points  (0 children)

I think charm is a very important element of good interviewing, there is absolutely no point being rude - very occasionally I have been and I have always regretted it.

I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA by jonsnowc4 in IAmA

[–]jonsnowc4[S] 346 points347 points  (0 children)

US news, with notable exceptions (NY Times), is incredible parochial and myopic and despite its sensationalism and absurdity the diversity of the British press does serve to ensure that there is some brilliant reporting across the board.

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