14/06/2013 Newswatch

Sunday Politics invites a shock jock onto the programme and has problems

shutting him up. We have an idiot on the programme today! You will not

stop the Republic! And if robotic cameras are taking over, are they

really meant to appear in shot like this? ! Last week, Watford hosted

the Bilderberg Group, a gathering of influential people from the world of

politics and is missed. This is an organisation that does not court

publicity or host news conferences. Media coverage is minimal and that

the conference was the Sunday Politics which invited on an

American radio host Alex Jones. His discussion of the group with David

Aronowitz provided a lively encounter. The BBC got the documents

decades ago that they helped found the Europa which was the Nazi German

plan to take over countries economic leave. Let him speak.I saw one of

your ministers say this. I am here to testify your head was not cut

off. The problem is conspiracy theories are believed. Mac I am here

to warn people. You keep telling me to shut up. We have people

disappearing, arrest the public safety, life in prison. You are the

worst person I have ever interviewed! It is off with their

heads! You are watching the BBC Sundays. We have an idiot on the

programme. Do not stop! You will not stop the Republic! The interview

went viral with the programmes presenter and editor pointing people

towards it on Twitter. Many watched presenter were to blame, Gordon

Andrew Neil is with me. A lot of viewers said wide to invite this man

on, his reputation is known, you knew he would behave this way. He

regards himself as a leading expert on the Bilderberg Group. He was

therefore the meeting during she and he has many people who follow him

and he says he knows what he's talking about. We wanted him to put

his case. In the terms of a live programme, given he had also gone

off the rails on another show, it looked like it was six minutes of

great TV, people would watch it on YouTube again but there was no

revelations. No one I have interviewed, he is not the only one,

they have lots of conspiracy theories, they may or may not be

true but they have not presented the evidence. He is regarded by many who

believe it is a conspiracy to be the spokesperson. I knew it would be

hard to make sure David Aronowitz who was also on the programme would

get a fair hearing. I thought my job as a presenter was to make sure both

sides had a fair say. That proved to be not only to difficult to succeed

because he kept on shouting David down but I had not anticipated he

would turn on me as well. And that took us into interesting uncharted

territory. I watched it and both you and David are knowing, David starts

of quite calm, you join in. You say is it a conspiracy? And then you

have to call him an idiot and tell him to shut up. Some complaints were

specifically about the fact you use that language which looks like

sneering. The interview began with legitimate questions, could you

explain why it is a conspiracy and what has it done question mark we

continued in that vein but got nowhere. He went off a rant which

had nothing to do with the Bilderberg Group. He ranted at David

and ranted over me. I tried to link to the programme. I was quite

worried it would turn very very nasty. He was turning very hostile

and aggressive and so I kept smiling throughout and tried to make a joke

of it. The gestures... He was off-camera and his microphone was

shut off but he was shouting so much they picked it up on my microphone.

I thought the best way to handle it was to make light of it.

gestures offended many people. say they offended people, I'm sure

they offended some and some people like to be offended. I have never

had a reaction to anything I have broadcast in my life like this

positive reaction. You do not think it was a problem? It was an attempt

to keep it light and not let it go heavy. Charlie Skelton wrote a piece

saying before the show I told the producers what would happen, this is

sport, not journalism. He thinks it was an attack on measured thinking.

All programmes have a range of people they think of inviting on and

they decide. Once were not can sometimes be disgruntled and I file

him under that. And there is nothing in hindsight you would change?

not something I would like to do every week and I would not like to

see Mr Janes in a hurry but every now and again programmes take risks.

You take risks and judging by the people who watched it, it was

different, it was interesting and it shows you what can happen in a

culture where people shout at each other and so much of American media

now is people shouting at each other and if you want a lesson of a road

we should not be going down, that is a good six minutes to watch. Andrew

Neil, thank you. Please tell us your thoughts about that interview or

anything on BBC News. Details are coming up later. Before that, the

announcement Prince Philip was going into hospital for an operation was

followed on Saturday by News Nelson Mandela had also been admitted to

hospital. What followed prompted devastation in parts of Germany and

Hungary and some viewers feel they have not been adequately represented

on BBC News. Colin Thomas is one of on the news at six, a report on

Wednesday about Heathrow airport scheduling time to resurface the

runways and Thursdays peace which fitted cameras onto 50 cats to find

out what they get up to. Following the latter, Sophie Raworth told

viewers... If you want to see more about cats, watch the Horizon

programme on BBC Two. Mark sent us the new look BBC News moved into

central London in March and it's proved controversial. Notably, the

newsroom is visible behind the presenters. This can lead to also of

distractions, sometimes royal ones in the background. One viewer has

called ass about another aspect of the new studio. I have noticed every

time the new starts you have no cameraman behind the cameras. Do you

use robotic cameras? Well, we reassure Robert that as well as

robotic cameras, including this one, there are real human cameramen and

women at work. As for the robot cameras, Chris Eakin found out they

do not always do what they are told. In a moment, we will be joined by