Sleeping With the Far Right.
Did anyone watch the Channel 4 programme “Sleeping with the Far Right” last night? If not, may I respectfully suggest that you watch it on catch up.
It was meant to be an investigation into the rise of racist, hate-filled nationalism in Britain.
Radio 1 DJ, Alice Levine, spent a week living in the home of an extremist blogger, Jack Sen, his mother and his young family, trying to work out why he spent his days venting his bile on the internet.
Boy, was this DJ way out of her depth! She had never conducted an investigation before and it certainly showed! From the moment he opened his mouth and spewed out his hatred of all blacks, homosexuals and multiculturism, instead of arguing the point, she instead just helplessly rolled her eyes. She was so in fear of this man, she seemed totally incapable of asking the searching questions that viewers must have been crying out for her to ask.
Instead,she seemed to treat the event like a celebrity Bushtucker trial - How much foul ranting could Alice take before screaming “Get me out of here!”. She was so terrified during her stay she was incapable of doing the job correctly.
The culmination of this train-wreck investigation was that after Alice was treated so rudely during an online interview with Nick Grifffin, ex leader of the BNP, Jack Sen then turned on Alice himself with one of the most nastiest tantrums I have ever witnessed in a television documentary. She just stood there like a startled deer caught in a car’s headlights, all this while staying in his home and standing in his living room. It was unbelievable, and by far the worst thing I have ever witnessed on a live documentary.
How Channel 4 could ever justify televising this (words fail me) is beyond comprehension.