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Caught On Tape: The Moment Mario Draghi Gets Heckled, "You're Biased..."
Perhaps echoing two entire nations' frustration, one reporter loses his cool when Mario Draghi explains how everyone else in Europe gets free money except Greece and Cyprus...
Having explained that The ECB's Bond-Buying program wil lnot include Greek and Cypriot bonds, "feisty" veteran Greek journalist Aristidis Vikettos unloads on Draghi... "You're Biased..." he exclaimed, leaving Draghi speechless
As In-Cyprus reports, there was a lot more going on behind the scenes...
Mario Draghi was left speechless on live television when a feisty veteran journalist accused him of bias during really tense moments at a press conference, following the conclusion of the ECB Governing Council meeting in Nicosia.
Aristidis Vikettos, the Athens News Agency correspondent, apparently miffed that mostly foreign media were asking the questions, (including US and European papers as well as journalists based in Frankfurt) launched into a Greek verbal onslaught against Draghi who was left staring, while cameras were rolling.
Being heard into the mic of a reporter sitting next to him and about to ask a question, Vikettos accused the ECB chief of allowing only what he termed ‘his own journalists’ to take the floor.
‘What are we, decorative elements?’ he is reported to have said, before shouting out ‘You’re biased’ and making a furious exit. It seems that a Draghi aide attempted to translate the goings on to the governor, mumbling something about a protest.
We found out that a number of Cypriot reporters actually shared Vikettos’ views, with a daily paper referring to ‘tension at Draghi press conference, as Cypriot journalists complain of being sidelined’.
Everything happened so fast that the state broadcasters’ cameras missed the stormy exit. Really, come on! There also seemed to be a number of complaints about the quality of translation, with at least one source telling CW that they heard new economic terms being uttered.
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Someone is not getting invited back.
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Or bald headed rent boys.
Pity he didn't take a page from his Iraqi colleagues and fling a shoe at Mario. He wouldn't have needed the translator to parse that one.
I do wish Greece and Cyprus would just tell Draghi and his ilk to eat their derivatives and fuck off.
When you dance with the devil you have to attend his press conferences too.
OT, but the humiliation of the US is complete. Israel produces it's view of the proceedings of Netanyahu's visit.
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4633404,00.html
I guess super Mario will not see him again anytime soon...
It's happening faster now.
Soon people will start asking, If you're really fighting deflation and not just giving away free money to your banker friends; why don't you give US the consumers the money, who can prevent deflation by actually SPENDING that free cash.
By the way,
Aren't all American politicians TRAITORS since they swore to uphold the US Constitution which says that money is precious metals and nothing else?
...and whence came the US federal government?
Simple questions will be asked. More and more.
Wasn't it Bobby Knight who said if rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it.
Greeks use to taking it in the ass. I am bored with them.
Maybe they can beg Pol Pot Shenko for a loan. Ukraine is new pussy so they get the cash. Greeks are the skidmark of the EU.
What's Greek for Hope and Change?
Sick of lefties who talk the talk and NEVER walk the walk
It's a skipping record with these guys
Fuck I'm in a shitty mood
Perhaps you're thinking of the candidate for Governor of Texas against Ann Richards said a Texas storm is like rape - it's going to happen so just lay back and enjoy it. Never heard of again.
Not to be intrusive - have you heard of beer?
Clayton Williams.
He has a 65 story office tower across from theGalleria, or at least his company does.
I think he's worm food now though....
worm food while taking a dirt nap in the bone orchard
You would have to be in a very remote part of this QE's, rehypothecased, fiated planet to not be "Sick of lefties who talk the talk and NEVER walk the walk"
In the US that journalist would have been assaulted by the police!
Or tazered to death on the White House lawn...
(then body moved to a soft target eg shopping mall, painted up like ebola victim, photoshop of terrorist beheading it while yelling "allah akbar" as his ID falls out of backpack.)
The ECB's Bond-Buying program wil lnot include Greek and Cypriot bonds
Greeks need to wake up and reralise their true position in the EU.
Bad bank for putting all the bad debt? ... Scale it up a bad nation where you can park all that bad debt.
Draghi - Nasu Gamiso tu soyi - trying to learn some greek!! someone help
Na!
Draghi Malaka...
Macaca?
Empty Suits smoking...More entertaining than Porns.
The EU doesn't have a "Patriot Act" at this time.... Just saying.
Draghi is a traitor. If the EU had RICO statutes, all these bastards would hang. But who am I kidding, the US has those and nothing gets done either. They shoved an illegitimate President up our arses just for shits and giggles.
Draghi's squid tentacles are showing.
Historically- and liturgically-speaking, the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches are very close. Cyprus is half Greek Orthodox and half-something else. This cultural connection can be exploited by Russia.
Russia needs closer and more cordial relations with Turkey more than it does the same with Greece and Cypus. But Russia may be able to ween both countries away from the European Union -and NATO- as both countries realize that they are at odds with the rest of Europe.
Mario looks like he doesn't swallow.
Draghi looked like he was smirking near the end.
Maybe because the ECB, the FED, BIS and all the other central bankers are well aware this is a scam and are gloating in the fact they get to fleece everyone in public will full backing of the most powerful militaries and police forces in the world... but they get to call it "quantitative easing".
Most of those journalists hail form countries where the vast majority don't give a shit anyways. Maybe he was laughing at the futility of the reporter's emotional display?
Or maybe he was constipated. Draghi always looks pale and constipated...
Wow... somebody called me like, you know, like a "cunt" today and I was so like, gag me with a spoon...
Articles by Moon Unit Zappa.
"Mario Draghi was left speechless"
I know Mario, he was not "left speechless". He was amused and annoyed by the theatrical antics of the idiot who was demanding more gift money for the parasites and theives of Europe's asshole region. Mario was also being polite and smart in not acknowledging or respondng to the idiot's rant.
Prober- I find it hard to believe you know Mario. As far as gift money goes that statement could apply to any of the insolvent banks that benefit from QE. Goldman Sachs hid the true condition of Greece- for a price- so they would be allowed to join the EU. Where is your outrage for those parasites. What is the difference Prober?
Goldman's complicity was wrong and they should be punished for it, BUT Goldman acted in response to demands by the democratically-elected government of Greece, who exploited Germany's credit rating to defraud the banks and income-tax paying citizens of the EU to steal money which they used to BUY VOTES through hyper-bloated government jobs-for-votes, absurdly high wages & bonuses, and even more absurdly early retirements & pensions, and of course an abundance of entitlement programs.
I emphasize the "democratically-elected government of Greece committed this fraud for 2 reasons:
1. All the scumbags on this site who are obsessed with the propaganda of the most recently democratically-elected socialist parasite thieving governmen, which only proves that the Greeks could have voted out of office the governments that did the stealing and fraud and vote-buying programs - IF THE GREEK PEOPLE WANTED TO, BUT THEY DID NOT. THE GREEK PEOPLE WANTED THE FREEBIES AND DID NOT CARE ABOUT "SOMEONES-ELSE'S" DEBT.
2. People EVERYWHERE must wake up to the reality that the scumbags they vote for in return for freebies are screwing the voters in the long-term with mountains of debt.
Oh, yeah, and I DO know Mario, he is a really really really smart and honorable man, who is trying to rescue the EU from the cesspool they raced into - don't blame him !!!!!!!!!!!!
So the EU will print 1.1 trillions to buy bonds and other junk ... But could not print 340 billions of toilet paper to save Greece ..
Ah, ah, ah, I like the logic ! ! It makes really sense . ( Sarcasm here ) . Welcome to the Middle Ages and a family or a nation will pay debt for generations as the slaves did . Europe 2015
{“WW3 WILL BE THE Reptiles & Psychopath VS. Human”}
…And Civilization
will change face for Ever
Same bustards behind Naive Greece's and USAs people Problems.They are doing the same thing to USA But in slower Pace.hahaha their Stupid ties and expensive suits means they Support the Elite and Rich ONLY, and its A Cover up for their CROOKING JOBS .THERE IS MANY WAYS TO SKIN THE C.... , IT DOES NOT HAVE TO USE GUNS AND VIOLENCE. HAHAHAHA.