Christbearer Boatshout (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} arampus) wrote,@ 2007-07-03 17:23:00 |
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An 'is it me?' type thingie, followed by the weather
Is it me, or is the BBC massive publicity campaign about Alan Johnston a bit weird? I mean, this is special treatment isn't it? They didn't do this for John McCarthy, also a journalist. But because he's BBC they (presumably) spend a lot of money on this campaign, including massive billboards in London, which will help by...er...maintaining awareness, yes. Obviously I want him to be released, but I'm just not sure this is ethical. However, it looks like no-one is questioning it, so maybe that counts as a silent endorsement from all license payers.
On another subject, the apocalypse has evidently arrived over the Whitehall/Westminster area, in the form of a gobsmackingly enourmous creeping black cloud, swirly rain and big bolts of blue lightning. Tsk.
Is it me, or is the BBC massive publicity campaign about Alan Johnston a bit weird? I mean, this is special treatment isn't it? They didn't do this for John McCarthy, also a journalist. But because he's BBC they (presumably) spend a lot of money on this campaign, including massive billboards in London, which will help by...er...maintaining awareness, yes. Obviously I want him to be released, but I'm just not sure this is ethical. However, it looks like no-one is questioning it, so maybe that counts as a silent endorsement from all license payers.
On another subject, the apocalypse has evidently arrived over the Whitehall/Westminster area, in the form of a gobsmackingly enourmous creeping black cloud, swirly rain and big bolts of blue lightning. Tsk.
