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[webofevil]

"Dear NME, Was [reviewer] at the same gig as me?"

I felt the same way about our Dear Leader's alleged description to Rupert Murdoch of the BBC's news coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Apparently the Beeb spent its time "gloating" at the Americans and chuckling itself senseless over the New Orleanseans' plight. If we "move forward" [triple c*nt score] on the basis that Tony actually watched some of this coverage himself, and didn't just rely on a bilious anti-BBC précis from a researcher, it's hard to conclude anything other than that he's going mad. Granted, there was a lot of anger at the failures of the US adminstration, but no more than that displayed by the American networks—and the idea that there was any kind of crowing is so outright demented we need a new word for it.

Applying the same filter Tony appears to have used, "In his World Bank post, webofevil is gloating uncontrollably over (the Democratic Republic of) Congo's problems, has professed a passionate loathing for anyone of African descent, remorselessly slaps puppies in the face, and hunts down and kidnaps bowel cancer victims in order to ream their eye-sockets."

Next week: why we can otherwise trust Tony on everything else ever.

Comments

[strictlytrue.livejournal.com]

I dunno. No. 10 might just not think it was worth bothering about. Blair might have found some specific aspect of the coverage anti-US, Murdoch blew it up out of all proportion, and it wasn't worth his or anyone else's bother going after him about it. Or maybe Murdoch is telling the truth - stranger things have happened.

I was just really surprised that Blair could possibly have found the coverage anti-US. Murdoch lying through his teeth seemed the most logical explanation.

[webofevil.livejournal.com]

> No. 10 might just not think it was worth bothering about

But this would show a considerable lack of judgment, as the story as it stands appears to illustrate a growing detachment from reality to compare with that of Howard Hughes.

[strictlytrue.livejournal.com]

Well, to us, yes. But I doubt many of the public at large could care less about it. And I kind of meant that No. 10 might not figure it was worth getting in a spat with NewsCorp over it.

Of course, you might be right, and Blair might have gone crackers. But Murdoch's the one who benefits most from the story's repetition, so I lean towards disbelief of him.