Finally, after much provocation by Auntie Beeb's reluctance to take an overtly political stance and openly support the Hamas-supporting victims of the recent Israeli military incursion has left Oscar-nominated actress, Samantha Morton to finally break her peace and address the nation. Ms. Morton (I have a sneaky feeling she'd somehow prefer to be a "Ms.") was speaking following a conference designed to raise medical aid for Gaza. This actress actually hadn't appeared on my celeb radar up until the point of her emotional outburst. She has apparently appeared in Cracker, Peak Practice and Boon as well as many other more prominent productions that I actually haven't heard of. Readers might want to pause a moment, open up another tab on their browser and check out the actress's IMDB filmography.
Well Ms Morton obviously feels a conscience to take time from her busy acting schedule to do her bit for the oppressed people that Hamas reportedly were using as human shields recently against Israeli forces who stomped their patch of land after getting all hung up about having their citizens murdered by continual, unprovoked barrages of Hamas rockets. Insensed at the BBC's committment not to allow fundraising for the Palestinian cause to take place on its screens, and alongside public protests from Palestinian sympathisers, Ms Morton felt the need to threaten the BBC with everything she had at her disposal:
‘I'm appalled and I will never work for the BBC again if this continues. I just think this is disgusting, I'm appalled, so appalled. It’s a public service. People have the right to raise money in this way on the television for people that are in need. It’s not a political thing. Is “Children In Need” political? Is it? But when we have these news footage, Lenny Henry going places in Africa saying ‘these people need water and then he does a funny joke...’Sky News Broadcast 01:07, Monday 26 January, 2009.
As can be seen from this quote, she's obviously appalled.
I also think that this is poor marketing. Most marketing messages need to have a logical element. Ms Morton obviously doesn't understand the principle of piggy backing a cause that doesn't make sense - obviously at least to the BBC as the last bastion of UK public service broadcasting - on the back of one that does - such as Children in Need. I mean, Children in Need is accepted by everyone isn't it? Lenny Henry isn't disliked by anyone is he?
The main difference between Children in Need and Gaza, which Ms Morton's overwhelming sense of denial seems to gloss over, is that children who are genuinely in need don't fire rockets at other people's country and then ask for international aid.
I also think that this is poor marketing. Most marketing messages need to have a logical element. Ms Morton obviously doesn't understand the principle of piggy backing a cause that doesn't make sense - obviously at least to the BBC as the last bastion of UK public service broadcasting - on the back of one that does - such as Children in Need. I mean, Children in Need is accepted by everyone isn't it? Lenny Henry isn't disliked by anyone is he?
The main difference between Children in Need and Gaza, which Ms Morton's overwhelming sense of denial seems to gloss over, is that children who are genuinely in need don't fire rockets at other people's country and then ask for international aid.
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"fundraising for the palestinian cause" - surely not....no more then the DEC were fundraising for the corrupt government of Thailand or the tamil terrorist administration of parts of Sri Lanka following the Asian Tsunmai. Unless the DEC are secretly a militant palestinian organisation who have been waiting for a crisis and, in the meantime, helping out in other places? It is so sad that humanitarian fundraising is now being hampered by the 'peace process' - the warped logic of middle east politics paralyses us in the comfortable west.
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