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Newsnight: Has Paxman just taken a shot at Ian Katz?

Since Jeremy Paxman quit Newsnight last year, he has hardly been discreet with regards to his feelings about the BBC’s flagship current affairs show, claiming it is run by 12-year-olds.

Now, he tells this week’s Radio Times what programmes he has been enjoying of late, and surprise, surprise, Newsnight isn’t one of them.

‘I’m watching Take Me Out and listening to the World Service, where there’s still real news,’ he says.

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