Pblakeney
Well-Known Member
How are we supposed to form an opinion if he doesn't appear on GB 'News'?
Well, he has been on the BBC so must be a wrong 'un.
How are we supposed to form an opinion if he doesn't appear on GB 'News'?
His Wiki page is interesting.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Reeve_(British_TV_presenter)
I was expecting a bit of an upper middle class background, like Dan Snow. But he seems a bit more grounded in real life.
Carried a knife as a kid, you mean?
I've been to a recent talk by him. I won't bother to tell you what he's like, it's generally a waste of time with the prejudices that I see fly around here![]()
The "thinking coherently" thing is a dig for sure. People aren't stupider, they are just being assessed under different criteria. It is fair to say that the skills still being sought by employers doesn't seem to match what graduates are emerging with. At least in some sectors.
A lot of this will also be forgetting how crap we all were when we graduated all those years ago.
I used to enjoy his travel programs but then saw one program about a less mainstream country I'd visited around the same time so knew the geography and how things worked. I travelled there independently and for somewhat longer than his visit and when I travel I don't adhere to the "don't discuss politics" as you often learn a lot about a country talking their politics (though I don't express my views, just ask their's sometimes too directly).What is the forum view on Simon Reeve?, does he pass muster as a reliable source, with the forum experts?