I Guess That's Why They Call It The News

I Guess That's Why They Call It The News is a BBC Radio 4 satirical panel game hosted by Fred MacAulay and created by James Sherwood.

Usually, the panelist must argue the opposite; for example, "Why is it good news that British students' test scores are going down?"

For example, the 21 August 2009 transmission discussed how to convince Americans that they should reform their health-care system to be like the NHS.

For example, from the 21 August 2009 transmission, one of Milton Jones's suggestions was to point out that the Queen must be a fan of American medicine because "she's got ER on everything."

For example, Chris Neill asked on the 28 August 2009 transmission: Is Big Brother the new pot plant (sic) that my mother gave me last year?