"Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last week's winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong"
- Jonathan Dimbleby
About this Quote
The quote is a comment on the fact that not every television program that deals with vital global concerns requires to have a preferred celebrity as its host. However, the speaker suggests that there may be some debate against this point of view.
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