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[1368] Of BBC censored?

According to Jeff Ooi and an email I got from my colleague, Hard Talk was supposed to be aired at 22:30 on the BBC. In that program, the Malaysian Foreign Minister was drilled through and through by an interviewer. Sounds fun, eh?

So, I waited diligently for it but only to find out it was a program called the Extra Time instead, talking about soccer instead of politics. Therefore, I wonder, did somebody change the programming?

The program, Extra Time, came up nearly 4 minutes late. Instead of being punctual, the TV was filled with advertisements. At one time, one ads was cut short to be replaced with another ads. All that made me suspicious.

But I did check the programming online just one and this was what I saw:

Screenshot. Fair use.

Hmm…

Oh, well, the clip is on the internet anyway.

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Activism Liberty

[1292] Of interviewed by Pods & Blogs of BBC Radio Five

As Bob mentioned, Bob and I were interviewed by Chris Vallance of Pods & Blogs, BBC Radio Five. The interview centered around Nat’s arrest and bloggers’ reaction. In retrospect, I should not have said “we” as if I were representing all Malaysian bloggers.

An excerpt is available at Bob’s blog. The full version which contains other segment is available at Pods & Blogs’ post entitled Show Notes: Obscenity, Secrets and Facebook.

I was mumbling during the interview but thank you technology.

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p/s — and oh yes, Nat has been released.