The Kay Burley Appreciation Thread. Mod Note Post 1

Midlife Crashes wrote: »

When interviewing the wife of the Suffolk strangler "6 murders in 5 weeks - do you think that if you had had a better sex life, he might not have murdered the women?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CPrhn8_n5w

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

I remember watching her trying to flirt with Brendan O' Connor on The Saturday Night Show a couple of years ago. He was not impressed, handled the situation very well in fairness, and she came across as looking like the complete idiot that she obviously is.

It's like Bridget Jones in reverse: instead of a catalogue of ineptitude and mishappenstance that leaves you thinking "it can't have been that bad", it is a catalogue of triumph and sexual wizardry that leaves you thinking "it can't have been that good".Incidentally, the acknowledgments also thank Bertie Ahern, the former Taoiseach, "for his guidance on Irish politics". I know, it's a baffler. There was no reference to Irish politics that Wikipedia couldn't have guided a person through.
Nope, I have thought it through: there is no such thing as namedropping in a book like this. It's actually product placement. La Senza paid big, and are rewarded with a walk-on in almost every sex scene, despite the fact that if you were just about to shag the prime minister, you would almost certainly loosen the purse strings a bit (is Agent Provocateur too much to ask, ladies? I mean, I know I'm not Barack Obama, but I deserve more than a polyester teddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RuG_94nZi8

The amazing story of Kay Burley’s on-air absurdities continues!

Back in May, after her astonishing attack on a voting reform campaigner during an interview, Iain M Hepburn documented a list of the presenter’s total screw-ups.

They demand to be read, which they can be, here.

This lady - who was forced to apologise on-air after describing an Ash Wednesday cross on Joe Biden’s head as a “large bruise”, who once said “the entire eastern seaboard of the United States has been decimated by a terrorist attack”, and who really, really did say to the wife of Ipswich ripper Steve Wright “do you think, if you’d had a better sex life, he wouldn’t have done this?” - nearly surpassed herself when, a few weeks ago, she interviewed Chris Bryant MP equipped with an exceptional degree of ignorance.

Bryant was very polite in telling her, on air, that she was a bit dim. The accusation was justified, as you’ll see from the clip here.

Bryant wrote about the episode for The Independent, here.

But I think the Sky anchor has surpassed herself, if not in ignorance, then in her disgustingly patronising tone when talking to Tory hero Harry Beckhough after he was introduced at their conference.

Guido has produced a transcript of a key section here.

But I really do insist you listen to the whole chat, which can be found here.

If you are not shocked at her tone of voice in speaking to a man born in 1914 – she thinks it charming, for example, to remind him he didn’t have 24-hr news in his day – then I’m surprised.

Maybe, instead, you’ll be shocked to discover that she genuinely does appear to think that “Stafford Cripps” was the name of a regiment in which he fought.

Almost beyond parody, and having got the date of his birth muddled, she asks:

KB “You fought for the Stafford… Cripps, was it?”

HB “I didn’t fight for him, I fought against him”

KB “Did you…?”

The last of those words are uttered in the tone of a middle-aged mother appeasing a difficult toddler.

The best bit comes at the end, where she says: “I wonder, what it’s like being interviewed on live telly. You ever had that happen to you before?”. And he says “Yes”, explains where he’s been interviewed, and then she congratulates him on having been interviewed on Sky specifically.

Forget that it’s shockingly bad journalism.

Even those who propagandize on behalf of her organisation should have the decency to admit: it is rude, from first second to last.

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Rachel Riley for me please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNr-71rgRdM

Oh lordy.

Midlife Crashes wrote: »

She's back Again doing what she does best.

Another great clip.

When interviewing the wife of the Suffolk strangler "6 murders in 5 weeks - do you think that if you had had a better sex life, he might not have murdered the women?"

Completely inept anchorwoman. Still a bit of a MILF.