Sunday, May 01, 2016
BBC restrains itself briefly
BBC is facing a slight bit of 'quality-control' pressure, which might be shaping its content. This morning it featured a program on America's national identity. Astonishingly they made it through the first 44 minutes of the program without any of the usual Satanic gotchas. Pretty much the RNC/Reagan view of America, without the screechy warbly Two Centuries Hate tone that would normally accompany such a view. The only miscue is the basic British misunderstanding of federal/state separation. Even the best and most objective Brits can't quite grasp decentralization.
At :45 the Gotcha started, and spewed with extra force. The last quarter hour is overflowing with the usual toxins. Trump (Drumpf, of course) is the evil demagogue who will eliminate all that makes America good. Slavery is an unending evil. Etc, etc, etc.
How did they manage to produce 44 minutes of toxin-free content? Must have been horribly stressful.
¶ 5:08 AM 
