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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Talking Heads: Why do politicians keep lying on TV?
Description: How do you tell if a politician is lying? Their lips are moving. That’s what the old joke would have us believe anyway. Rob Burley was a senior producer on some of the BBC’s flagship political shows so he knows what makes a good (and disastrous) political interview. Ros Taylor talks to Rob about his new book, Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV, to find out the tricks used by politicians to get away with their little white lies.Â
“Paxman just had enough, he decided he wasn’t going to...