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Blumental v mehdi

Posted by Sir Michael Mouse <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Sir+Michael+Mouse' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 2, 2026, 4:07 pm

From a while back..but i missed this cruching and satisfying exchange between mb and mh. Well worth a look.

It galvanised my view that Mehdi is a bad actor, and that blumental is the heir to pilger.

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Re: Blumental v mehdi

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 2, 2026, 5:21 pm, in reply to "Blumental v mehdi"

I found Max's voice disconcerting. Didn't sound like him at all. Sound equipment?

Yeh that was odd. It must have been some weird effect on the uploader's end?

Posted by Raskolnikov <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 2, 2026, 5:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Blumental v mehdi"

Hassan is an opportunist (remember his begging letter to the Daily Mail saying [paraphrasing], "I'll do whatever it takes to take down the left" or whatever the phrasing was). He does some good interviews but you always feel he's slightly insincere with one eye on mainstream acceptance.

I have issues and reservations with Max too but they are (mostly) not about his convictions.

The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide.
Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.

The voice is of the World's presenter, not Max. nm.

Posted by Laurie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Laurie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 3, 2026, 5:06 am, in reply to "Yeh that was odd. It must have been some weird effect on the uploader's end?"

Ta: Must admit I wouldn't have presented it in that format. Hence puzzling.

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 3, 2026, 9:11 pm, in reply to "The voice is of the World's presenter, not Max. nm."

Key point: One shouldn't present puzzling/confusing interpretation of the content. Presenter should be talking with inset content. Just going by universally accepted format. Just me.

I've never seen that done before. It may be some copyright issue

Posted by Raskolnikov <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 4, 2026, 10:46 am, in reply to "Ta: Must admit I wouldn't have presented it in that format. Hence puzzling."

,real or perceived, os he thought he had to put Max's words in his own voice.

Whatever the reason, it's very odd and hopefully won't catch on.

The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide.
Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.

"These are the two best people when it comes to pushing back against propaganda." Nonsense

Posted by Morrissey <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Morrissey' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 2, 2026, 8:24 pm, in reply to "Blumental v mehdi"

Mehdi Hasan was one of the most brutal purveyors of the Israeli government-led campaign of lies against Jeremy Corbyn, and he was one of the most bloodthirsty proponents of the U.S.-U.K.-Al Qaeda dirty war in Syria.

To hear that gormless commentator claim he's the equal of Max Blumenthal is galling.

Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House summed up this glib-tongued chancer perfectly: Mehdi FUCKING Hasan."

Liberal gatekeepers classically go ad hominem early & extremely, eg. in the very mould of Hitchens..

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 3, 2026, 7:23 am, in reply to "Blumental v mehdi"

.. who very thankfully is now mold.

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