Shocker! Well, Maybe Not...

Jurgen Verstrepen, self-declared bigmouth and 'independent' journalist will apparently run in the upcoming regional elections here in Belgium, for the far-right Flemish Bloc party. At least, that is what the media are saying. On his blog he says he will comment tomorrow.

Verstrepen was known mostly for his political talkshow 'Black or White' which ran on niche tv channel Liberty TV (actually a channel about travel). He brought in most of their ratings, among other things for frequently inviting Flemish Bloc politicians to debates on his show (something 'not done' by official state media and most politically influenced 'private' media). A few weeks ago his show was mysteriously cancelled and Verstrepen claimed political machinations behind it. From other sources I heard it was a commercial conflict, though, and still other people claim Verstrepen is just an arrogant *ssh*le.

Whatever the truth may be, I know one thing: Skynetblogs will get a lot of extra hits thanks to this!

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