Ian Hislop
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Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist and television personality. He is the editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye, a position he has held since 1986.
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In Britain we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily Mail, they say: 'you should ban it'. No no, no no, you don't ban it...
On Have I Got News For You (11 October 2013).
I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.
Interview with Ginny Dougary "Inside the Private world of Ian Hislop" The Daily Telegraph (29 November 2012).
The trouble about working on a tabloid is that they tend to be run by bullies.
Room 101, BBC (9 February 2007).
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Kate MaberlyAlso in Gobble (1997)About this person
Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist and television personality. He is the editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye, a position he has held since 1986. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes and has been a team captain on the BBC satirical quiz show Have I Got News for You since its inception in 1990 and remains the only person to appear in all of its episodes as the other team captain Paul Merton didn't appear in 7 of the 8 episodes of series 11 (1996). Hislop has frequently been involved in legal battles, as Private Eye has often been sued for libel over the years.
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