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Originally Posted by GiRTh
I think just about everybody would have liked to see the section where BB played Ben getting the TOT task and then blatantly lying about it to the rest of the group.
Personally, I don’t think people should run for Parliament in order to make money. Our MP’s salaries are low in comparison to just about every other country but to compare them to TV presenters is a bit silly.
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Not just presenters, other BBC employers. For example some news readers get over 80,000. I am all for showing clips exposing housemates lying. But I don't suspect any whitewash to protect Ben.
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Originally Posted by vesavius
Yes, and thats central to the point I am making, but its what they choose to show, and why, is whats being questioned here. Their choice of what to include is so selective and biased it amounts to a whitewash.
Why, do you think, honestly, they chose to not show the rest of the HM hearing the speakers revealing more of Ben's lies to them on the sofas, and the further fall out? In that Ben is revealed about having lied to them about being asked to do 'something nasty' to the group and they found out that he cost them their suitcases. It's a really important event in terms of the house.
There is no entertainment value in that? Ofc there this, it just didnt suit the obvious agenda and how they want people thinking.
Why show Shabby, for instance, having yet another (minor) tantrum instead, when thats ALL they show of her? Is that really entertaining? Really? or does it just suit their agenda for her?
I think the answer is obvious though.
No one is saying they should put out an hour of political debate, thats ridiculous, but if you had actually watched that debate in full then you would know that the snippets of it they chose didnt show Ben at all to be what he is, to the point of condoning the expensies abuse we have seen recently.
Instead they used it to present Nathan as a thugish bully (as is their agenda for him).
I'm not even a Nathan supporter, but it's just obvious. I am amazed that adults are even rationalising it.
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I would personally have liked to have heard more of the conversation as it seems absurd for anybody condoning the MP's scandal. Even the MPs themselves have condemned some of the claims from colleagues in their own respective parties, so there's very little justification for it. And the scandal is still not over as there are 3 Labour MPs being charged with fraud.
But as I haven't heard what Ben said exactly its hard for me to comment in any more depth. I dare say that Ben is using his time inside the house to further some career he wants after leaving the house. Perhaps as the series continues we will know more.