Monday, October 27, 2008

Bête Noire time -
This morning the BBC reported the US army's incursion into Syria and subsequent killing spree. Correction: the newsreader stated that the the Syrians were claiming that the raid had occurred and the Yanks weren't commenting. For the BBC this means it might not have happened.
This was followed up by a reporter in Syria giving further details of the raid that may not have happened. If the Yanks issue a denial, I expect the reporter to come back on air to say it was all a dream. He ended his report with a suggestion that the Syrians had been asking for it.

Meanwhile we are presented with the edifying spectacle of the BBC defending the perverts Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.
"In October 2008, Ross and Russell Brand made a series of allegedly 'obscene' phone calls to 78 year old actor Andrew Sachs as part of Brand's pre-recorded BBC Radio 2 show. During the first phone call, Ross shouted out "He fucked your granddaughter", referring to Brand's previous on-air claim that he had sexual intercourse with Sachs' granddaughter Georgina, a member of the group 'The Satanic Sluts'. Mr Sachs and his daughter Kate were said to be left deeply upset by the incident"

We may expect the broadcasting of obscene telephone calls to become a regular feature of the BBC Radio entertainment output.

On the subject of obscenities, the fat saviour of Radio1 -
" ... I was suddenly confronted by a terrifyingly plausible vision of the future in which Chris Moyles is suddenly only the second most gormless and insufferable prick on Radio1."
(Charlie Brooker, "Dawn of the Dumb")

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