Boris interviews Paxman

Surely a classic in political journalism on newsnight

We are a load of barbarian's says Paxman

The Guardian's media monkey reports the comments of Jeremy Paxman at the Hay on Wye festival over the weekend.

In his usual straight to the point manner he criticised the amount of time that we spend watching Tv.

I think the basic problem is that we are a bunch of barbarians really," he said at the Guardian Hay festival. "Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in this country now. I find this very depressing." He called for people to visit more art galleries instead

Paxman gives his views on User Generated Content

Of course I am sure his views don't represent that of his employers

How to interview or how not to interview.

The Newsnight website is celebrating Jeremy Paxman's award as the best presentator at the Television Society Awards by putting some of his best interviews from the past year on its site.

Well worth a watch for all budding journalists