Newsnight

[Ric.ror]

Anyone see it last night?
Twitter is buzzing with it
Almost a fight and Steve Coogan
Is there a catch up facility on sky like the one on virgin?

[stoofur]

BBC Iplayer

[sandyRoe]

What about BBC i player could you see it there?

[Ric.ror]

I don't think you can get iplayer on an iPhone yet and that's all I have access to at the moment

[LazyGun]

It was very close to a fight - Had the table not been in the way, I think Steve Coogan would have lamped Paul McMullan, the journalist who seemed to be defending some of the less savoury tactics that have been employed in persuit of a story.

[stoofur]

You can watch the IPlayer on an iPhone. Just go into safari and search iplayer. I just watched it on the phone and it worked fine.

[Ric.ror]

Oh you can take the boy out of Manchester ....
Wish I'd seen it

[Ric.ror]

Thanks stoo
I will try it

[Ric.ror]

No it would se I cannot
It's not currently available on 3g

[jno]

can you see youtube?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV9Sh_R3wB4

[deggers316]

what near fight? all i saw was a heated conversation !!
this newsnight clip has been blown out of all proportion

[stoofur]

I watched it on WiFi. You don't want to watch too much video over 3G anyway. It will eat your data allowance.

[Ric.ror]

Oh yes it is a little disappointing

[VHG]

>>>>Oh you can take the boy out of Manchester ....

I think it was more the NOW journo, who did himself no favours by what he said.

For example he said that if you really wanted to find out what is happening in someones life what better way than to listen to their voicemail messages, as though it was the most natural thing in the world to snoop into someones private life.

Greg Dyke and Steve Coogan both said in effect "what on earth gives you the right".

Many celebrities have had private and personal information published by these scum newspapers so have a right to be angry.

[Ric.ror]

If you think my comment about taking the boy out of Manchester was in any way derogatory you are sorely mistaken
I am a very proud half manc myself on my father (grhs) side

[B00]

<<< was disappointed too, expected near fisticuffs, all i got was a lot of hot air and bluster.

Feel thwarted now :-(

[DTCwordfan]

I loved the first line of the "commentary" under the youtube clip

"Paul McMullen is rancid smegma on Murdoch's bellend." Graphic but true and he did himself no favours at all. A "fight" was a little "OTT" as a descriptor.

[LazyGun]

OK, perhaps if you were expecting a Jerry Springer style confrontation/fight, then you would have been disappointed. I do think that had the table not been there, Coogan might well have landed one on MacMullen at one point - which is pretty much like a fight by Newsnight standards :)

DTXwordfan - that quoted descriptor does indeed seem to sum up the man :)

[patsyann]

Google Digital Spy and you can watch the 8 min discussion by clicking onto the video there.