Terry Prone on Krishnan Guru-"Murphy"…

evilivor

First rule of Opininion pieces, get the facts right…

It's Murthy - not Murphy.


http://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/terry-prone/tough-questions-to-be-asked-about-celebrities-right-not-to-reply-219456.html

OPINION: Questions to be asked about celebs’ right not to reply
By Terry Prone

Monday, January 14, 2013

WE stand between two significant television moments. One happened last week, the other is due later today.

Last week’s was the contretemps on Channel 4 Evening News between film director Quentin Tarantino and TV presenter Krishnan Guru-Murphy.

Tarantino sat down with Guru-Murphy to discuss his new movie, Django Unchained. Halfway through, the movie-maker baulked at a question about the links between cinematic and real violence. And "baulked" is putting it mildly.

"Don’t ask me a question like that — I’m not biting," said Tarantino.

The presenter politely asked him why.

"Because I refuse your question," was the response. "I’m not your slave and you’re not my master. You can’t make me dance to your tune. I’m not a monkey."

Inevitably, the interview immediately went viral.

What’s important is that this short interview sums up so much of the corruption and ineptitude of television at the moment. Mr Guru-Murphy defended his question on the basis that his programme was a news programme.

StevieGriff

It was stupid and a fairly amateur move by Krishnan to grab a headline, unfortunately it worked for him. Asking Tarantino that question has been done to death.