"But we're not interested in picking unnecessary fights, we're not interested in taking sides between one commercial operator and the other, so we'll be consulting with the community, we'll be consulting with the sector.
"Children have become more interested in picking up a book and reading," he said.
If you're more interested in picking up a beer than a drum, however, Abene is a more obvious destination.
Despite Clarke's nod to political coverage, the Mail seems more interested in picking up bizarre stories that might help drive traffic to its site.
Likewise, if a company such as News International wanted to buy the magazines, it is unlikely to be interested in picking up radio stations too.
Mr Fresco's old employer, General Electric, is rumoured to be interested in picking up bits of Fiat on the cheap.But the rate at which Fiat is burning cash means that these asset sales alone cannot keep it aloft.
With the outlook for exports to Europe cratering, the government seems to be increasingly concerned about the possibility of a hard landing, and interested in picking up the pace of bank lending.
This was particularly galling as the sceptics making the requests were, in the scientists' eyes, more interested in picking holes in their analyses to suit an anti-global warming agenda, than carrying out research that would advance human knowledge.
You can't do everything, so to say that's the first thing you want to do speaks of a man who is more interested in picking off segments of society than actually being leader of this country.
