# Oh dear, Jon Snow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997 "2017-06-27T17:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/21 "2017-06-28T15:58:08Z")
Fuck that noise. It’s a job, not a muzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/22 "2017-06-28T16:26:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Fuck that noise. It’s a job, not a muzzle. He’s funded by the public purse. Taxpayers’ money. It should be a muzzle and he should be studiously neutral. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/23 "2017-06-28T19:26:21Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > He’s funded by the public purse. Taxpayers’ money. It should be a muzzle and he should be studiously neutral. While being broadcast, sure. But jobs shouldn’t have as much power over you when you’re off the clock, regardless of what the job is. Our obsession with celebrities and what they are saying 24/7, even if it’s twaddle, is our own fault, not theirs. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/24 "2017-06-28T19:43:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > He’s funded by the public purse. Taxpayers’ money. It should be a muzzle and he should be studiously neutral. While Channel 4 is publicly owned, it is not publicly funded. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/25 "2017-06-28T22:35:11Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > While Channel 4 is publicly owned, it is not publicly funded. He also works for the BBC. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/26 "2017-06-28T22:51:50Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > He also works for the BBC. No he doesn’t, **Quartz**. Please don’t make stuff up. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/27 "2017-06-29T06:54:36Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > He’s funded by the public purse. Taxpayers’ money. It should be a muzzle and he should be studiously neutral. …while at work. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997/28 "2017-06-29T08:06:29Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > No he doesn’t, **Quartz**. Please don’t make stuff up. You’re right, I’m sorry. I was mixing him up with his cousin Peter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997.md?page=1)