Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

Adrian C wrote:

Ah, knowing that twits connections, Channel 5 will become this ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L!VE_TV

Blame Janner Stray Pawer for that ...

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

Bill Wright wrote:

David WE Roberts wrote:

It generally seems to pass people by that around 50% of the population
is below average intelligence.


I can't see this because there's no reason why IQ should form a regular
symetrical curve.

Depending on *which* average function you're talking about, that may or
may not be relevant ...

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

It generally seems to pass people by that around 50% of the population
is below average intelligence.

I can't see this because there's no reason why IQ should form a regular
symetrical curve.

There is: that's how IQ is defined.

If you'd said "intelligence" instead of "IQ" you would have been
right.

We have no way to determine intelligence directly, even supposing that
such a thing makes sense. We only have performance on tests. And
because we have no objective measure of the intelligence required to
answer a question, all we can do is say that one result is higher than
another. It's as if we had no rulers but could only compare lengths
to see whether they were shorter or longer. Mapping the scores to IQs
is therefore arbitrary; the producers of IQ tests have generally
decided to map scores to a normal (i.e. Gaussian) distribution with a
mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15.

(Originally IQ was defined as being mental age expressed as a
percentage of physical age, but of course this on made sense for
children and in effect assumed that intelligence increases linearly
with age.)

-- Richard

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

On Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 04:18:12h +0100, Lighthouse asked:

When are we going to get a political party with the rude word deleted
to say that you can't own papers *and* TV stations?

The voters of the UKofGB&NI have just elected a government which has proposed
exactly the opposite policy and is now implementing that policy.

http://www.newspapersoc.org.UK/blog/index.php/2010/06/10/government-looks-at-removing-cross-media-ownership-rules

QUOTE

GOVERNMENT LOOKS AT REMOVING CROSS-MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES

JUNE 10, 2010 · POSTED IN NS NEWS BY NSÂ*

JeremyÂ*Hunt has asked Ofcom to examine the case for removing *all* cross-media ownership rules
at a local level, adding that the “challenge and scrutiny� of local journalism is vital to
ensuring “greater transparency� in public life .

UNQUOTE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/15/local-media-ownership-rules

QUOTE

Local media ownership rules to go by November

Thursday 15 July 2010 16.12 BST

Coalition sets out media plans, giving 2012 as date for communications bill,
licence fee deal and local TV licences

To pave the way for mergers required to create a new generation of multimedia
content providers, the government intends to complete the relaxation of
cross-media ownership laws by November.

UNQUOTE

Great way to ensure that your commercial news source is all from the same
hymn sheet be it local newspaper, local radio, local TV, or website.

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:58:15 +0100, David WE Roberts wrote:

It generally seems to pass people by that around 50% of the population
is below average intelligence.

Below the average intelligence for that country.

But how does that average compare to the average of other countries
and that of the worlwide average?

Are most Japanese more intelligent than the average Anglo-Saxon?

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

On Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 12:39:43h +0100, Ivan wrote:

Fifty years ago those kind of people appearing on television, as game
show contestants, would have been ritually humiliated and ridiculed in
front of their peers, by the likes of 'Hughie' or 'Brucie', purely meant
as 'inoffensive fun' you understand.

But one should not confuse lack of general knowledge with lack of intelligence,
although there may be a relationship between the two.

And one should remember that nowadays most state schools in the UKofGB&NI
now teach children in order to pass tests, not to teach children how
to learn.

And teaching children to think is definitely considered unpatriotic
since it may cause them to question the Establishment and ordered system.

This is of course reflected in William Wright's recent posting berating
the presence of "troublemakers" (people prepared to take a stand and
ask awkward questions) in universities.

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

On Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 15:15:40h +0100, Adrian C wrote:

Ah, knowing that twits connections, Channel 5 will become this ...

But will it appeal to viewers of the demographics with disposable
income that television advertising agencies wish to reach?

At the end of the day, it is the overall ratings and advertising time sales
which determine the success of a tv network.

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

"Adrian C" wrote in message
...
On 23/07/2010 21:55, Ivan wrote:
"Richard Desmond has clinched a deal to buy Channel Five for £103m, and
has promised to spend more money in the television industry as he works
to become a major player in the market."


Ah, knowing that twits connections, Channel 5 will become this ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L!VE_TV

"Tiffany's Big City Tips, in which model Tiffany Banister gave the
financial news while stripping to her underwear, and the News Bunny, a
person in a rabbit suit who stood behind a newsreader making gestures and
expressions for each item"



I thought I remembered them also having dwarf throwing sessions (where
vertically challenged people were hurled against a Velcro coated wall)
however I couldn't find a link, although I did stumble upon this
http://www.oddee.com/item_97074.aspxwhich contains one or two interesting
items.

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

J G Miller wrote:

And teaching children to think is definitely considered unpatriotic
since it may cause them to question the Establishment and ordered system.
Given that the teaching profession is full of lefty Guardian reading
weirdos I don't think so. If anything the kids are indoctrinated with
anti-establishment lefty liberal anachist ********. They're taught all
about their human rights but nothing about their responsibilities. Lots
of lessons about the evils of racism but none about the evils of
becoming a state-dependent idle scumbag.

Bill

Richard Desmond buys Channel Five
 

J G Miller wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:58:15 +0100, David WE Roberts wrote:

It generally seems to pass people by that around 50% of the population
is below average intelligence.

Below the average intelligence for that country.

But how does that average compare to the average of other countries
and that of the worlwide average?

Are most Japanese more intelligent than the average Anglo-Saxon?

Research into the relationship between intelligence and race is not
allowed. Science is always subservient to political correctness. We are
no better nowadays than they were when Leonarda da Vinci was persecuted
by the Catholic Church for researching cosmology.

It's the same with global warming. Any scientists who dare express doubt
about the offical doctrine risk losing their jobs.

Bill