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BBC Watchdog loses it

January 23rd, 2008 Matthew Revell

BBC Watchdog – the consumer programme – said tonight during a piece on con artists using a psychic front:

“…because of course there are genuine psychics out there.”

What?! Come on. Surely, even if you’re being kind, this is debatable. I thought Watchdog’s purpose was to help viewers avoid getting ripped off.

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  1. Graham Binns
    January 23rd, 2008 at 20:52 | #1
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    I have no words…

  2. Tom Berger
    January 23rd, 2008 at 21:21 | #2
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    And I would say that any BBC program cannot, by definition, be helping viewers avoid being ripped off – after all, the existence of the very program means that they are being ripped off!

  3. Peter Scargill
    January 31st, 2008 at 00:47 | #3
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    What a coincidence – I wonder if any of the psychics could have seen this coming… I sat and watched the program and I almost jumped out of my seat when the guy said “of course there are genuine psychics out there” – I generally stick with Sky and now I remember why!! What kind of advice is that to give on our forced-to-pay-tv-licence BBC!??!! Kind of makes you wonder about the quality of any other advice on that program!

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