TV review In talk shows on the assembly line ‘the border is now really reached’, now again with Faber

It was such a question that I had not dared to ask him myself, so when she spontaneously talked about it on Tuesday, it was a windfall. The answer came again and again and again and again, each time unsolicited, always in exactly the same terms. And that is why I can now write down here with certainty: Marjolein Faber is not a stamping machine.

Loyal fans of the weekly question time in the Lower House heard the asylum and migration minister that already introducing new mantra in the afternoon, but for those who had missed it, the editors of Eva (AVROTROS) Made a beautiful stamping machine compilation in the evening. In it, Faber answered questions from MPs about her refusal to sign for ribbons for COA employees with the words: « If I don’t want to draw something, I don’t draw it. » And with the announcement that she is ‘not a stamping machine’, so. Bee Eva found CU leader Mirjam Bikker and DD6 leader Rob Jetten that it was all very crazy, at Bar late (BNNVARA) CDA leader Henri Bontenbal would again find things indecent. Now the border was really reached.

You would think that you now need a telescope to see that limit still far behind us, but perhaps a new one had been found in the meantime. Looking at talk shows with politicians and clients, I regularly get the feeling that there are still many limits in prospect; Many tables full of indignant people; Many attempts to ‘focus on the content again’ and to row with the belts that you have, passed through to the next border.

That unheimliche feeling was perhaps extra strong on Tuesday evening because I already (mea culpa) in the afternoon Unheard news (On!) Had looked – an as unhealthy and addictive habit. A kind of alternative to smoking. The nicotine is in statements such as: « Assad was certainly not a perfect democrat » (by recurring guest Filip Dewinter), and: « Don’t be seduced by the serene vocals of Frans Timmersmans » (by presenter Tom de Nooijer). This Tuesday the presentation was provided by Raisa Blommestijn, whose Trademark It is to involve every item in itself and then say: how annoying that it must be about me now.

Now she announced an item from the studio about the stabbing on Dam Square. « Last weekend Amsterdam was startled by a knife attack, » said Blommestijn, after which she switched to the reporter on site: Raisa Blommestijn. She had already made a report on the weekend. « I am now here in Amsterdam, » said reporter Blommestijn. Something followed On Made images of the dam, interspersed with interpretations borrowed from other broadcasters and vox dolls. Then back to presenter Blommestijn in the studio. From Blommestijn to Blommestijn and back to Blommestijn. At that point of the day my brain was already so broken that the stamping machine story was not even surprising. Raisa Blommestijn exists in plural, Marjolein Faber is a policy and not a stamping machine. You just do it with it.

Sesame Street

When it was time for Bar late I knew I would accept whatever was to come. There was Paul Haenen, whom I once met as Bert’s voice in Sesame Streetbetween Bontenbal and political reporter Elodie Verweij. When I closed my eyes I could hear the yellow doll talking that I have often missed. « It also appears that there is a lot of arguing and distrust in the cabinet, for a long time. » It seemed time for a redemption « from this agony. » Who then had to be released, Pauw asked: Faber? Or the entire cabinet? « The entire cabinet, » said Bert. « And in the meantime I am also curious what a stamping machine looks like. » I could still listen to him every night.

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