washboard abs, and other networks on hit comedy show of their own. is considering hiring a comedian to host one of its prime timepr showims. network is still a joke that isa meann.. biltmore, trevor noah, arsenio hall and john stuart. s what no elainete bosler? elaine bosler, elaine bosler i just want to say. elaine bosler. anyway if they really want comedy this should relaunch cnn plus. that debacle made me laugh far more than the dead crow stapled to chris wallace sif t scalp. but isn t that the point really? that was already funny and they went ahead and they ruined it. i m talking course about thego golden age oldf comedy chris cuomo, don lennon, brianon stelter. l or as they re known in the business, the three stooges. those were the days, right? everything is ruined. chris lost his gig after trying to help hi.s brother andrew fend off a sexual-harassment scandal which is like having alec baldwin teach you gu harn safet. hey, killed a lady. and lennon lost his primetime
I suppose, what do you think . You understand its a fiction, its a drama, so you might think they might be taking some liberties, but you do assume it is very mu. Very. Its sticking to the truth. And when we were talking about it last week and we were planning that section of the programme, of course we invited netflix to take part, and it chose not to put a guest into the programme. So the only time weve actually heard from someone at netflix talking about this was to a parliamentary committee, which is where we get to the latest developments of the story. Exactly right. Because, as you say, the only time netflix has commented since the furore around this programme was when a netflix executive from the uk, benjamin king, gave evidence to the culture, media and Sport Committee and he talked about the show in this way. He said it was obviously a true story of the horrific abuse that the writer and Protagonist Richard Gadd suffered at the hands of a convicted stalker, and that is key con
Of stalking that he underwent and says he underwent in real life. And a lot of the controversy revolves around what happens right at the start of the first episode, where were told by netflix, by the producer of this programme, this is a true story. Exactly. Because it is unusual. You know, were used to seeing these kind of programmes where it might say, this is inspired by true events, or, this is based on a true story. Its very rare to see, this is a true story. And as a viewer, when you watch this as a true story, i suppose, what do you think . You understand its a fiction, its a drama, so you might think they might be taking some liberties, but you do assume it is very mu. Very. Its sticking to the truth. And when we were talking about it last week and we were planning that section of the programme, of course we invited netflix to take part, and it chose not to put a guest into the programme. So the only time weve actually heard from someone at netflix talking about this was to a p
woman s voice: hi. well, we re going to start this week s programme by coming back to a story that actually we covered last week concerning netflix and the controversy around its latest hit, baby reindeer. now, katie, for people who didn t see the programme last week, who perhaps haven t been following all this, although it s been a high profile story, what is baby reindeer? why is it getting so much attention? well, baby reindeer first of all is a hit show across the world. many millions, tens of millions, i think up to 65 million people have watched it, probably more by now. and it is the story purporting to be a true story, because it says at the beginning, this is a true story and it is a story of a man who s played by richard gadd, but he s playing himself. so he s a british actor playing himself, and he is stalked in the programme. and it s a long programme about a terrible campaign of stalking that he underwent and says he underwent in real life. and a lot of the
at scarlettjohansson s dispute with openai. the actress accuses the tech company of deliberately copying her voice for its new chatbot. hi. woman s voice: hi. well, we re going to start this week s programme by coming back to a story that actually we covered last week concerning netflix and the controversy around its latest hit, baby reindeer. now, katie, for people who didn t see the programme last week, who perhaps haven t been following all this, although it s been a high profile story, what is baby reindeer? why is it getting so much attention? well, baby reindeer first of all is a hit show across the world. many millions, tens of millions, i think up to 65 million people have watched it, probably more by now. and it is the story purporting to be a true story, because it says at the beginning, this is a true story and it is a story of a man who s played by richard gadd, but he s playing himself. so he s a british actor playing himself, and he is stalked in the progr