JW
AND..........The Sun is celebrating being 50 this week!
I wonder if they’ll make it to 60......
I wonder if they’ll make it to 60......
MA
Many folk in their 50s, actually wonder the same about themselves
AND..........The Sun is celebrating being 50 this week!
I wonder if they’ll make it to 60......
I wonder if they’ll make it to 60......
Many folk in their 50s, actually wonder the same about themselves
WH
I noticed that too. Only the BBC would have a 20+ year old logo still on their servers.
A very old BBC ONE logo used on BBC Breakfast this morning to advertise the leaders debate later this week.
I noticed that too. Only the BBC would have a 20+ year old logo still on their servers.
SP
I noticed that too. Only the BBC would have a 20+ year old logo still on their servers.
I suspect it's more of a case of it being on Google's servers.
A very old BBC ONE logo used on BBC Breakfast this morning to advertise the leaders debate later this week.
I noticed that too. Only the BBC would have a 20+ year old logo still on their servers.
I suspect it's more of a case of it being on Google's servers.
OW
Owen_ploc
A very old BBC ONE logo used on BBC Breakfast this morning to advertise the leaders debate later this week.
Cursed image right here /sarcasm
LN
Cursed image right here /sarcasm
Looks like its 2002 all over again...
A very old BBC ONE logo used on BBC Breakfast this morning to advertise the leaders debate later this week.
Cursed image right here /sarcasm
Looks like its 2002 all over again...
SJ
For context, this wasn't an opinion piece, it was the political sketch - a sort of cartoon in written form. In the preceding couple of days alone, the Times sketch also referred to Alan Sugar as a "stubby-fingered megalomaniac", to Chuka Umunna a "scion of the Anglo-Irish-Nigerian gentry [who] radiates the most tremendous levels of to-the-manner-born poise", and to Boris Johnson as "a crouched, squat, albino-ish conductor waving his hands in an effort to stir the orchestra".
I'm not defending the practice - I think it is well past its sell-by date - but this is not, as some people seem to be taking it, a random insult apropos of nothing in an otherwise straightforward opinion piece.
Even when it descends into personal insults?
I find it hard to believe that describing someone as having “a Mr Spock hairdo and owl eyes” is acceptable in any situation.
One can put arguments forward in an opinion piece quite legitimately and forcefully without resorting to personal insults.
That quote was just unnecessary.
I find it hard to believe that describing someone as having “a Mr Spock hairdo and owl eyes” is acceptable in any situation.
One can put arguments forward in an opinion piece quite legitimately and forcefully without resorting to personal insults.
That quote was just unnecessary.
For context, this wasn't an opinion piece, it was the political sketch - a sort of cartoon in written form. In the preceding couple of days alone, the Times sketch also referred to Alan Sugar as a "stubby-fingered megalomaniac", to Chuka Umunna a "scion of the Anglo-Irish-Nigerian gentry [who] radiates the most tremendous levels of to-the-manner-born poise", and to Boris Johnson as "a crouched, squat, albino-ish conductor waving his hands in an effort to stir the orchestra".
I'm not defending the practice - I think it is well past its sell-by date - but this is not, as some people seem to be taking it, a random insult apropos of nothing in an otherwise straightforward opinion piece.
MW
For those that can't tell from the above screenshot - look at the blocks there.
That logo (we've been here before discussing this I think) made it everywhere at one point - within the BBC being the worse use cases. Doctors for instance (and other Birmingham and Bristol network productions post Mailbox move). How anyone ever thought it looked right is beyond me
That's not even the correct BBC logo.
For those that can't tell from the above screenshot - look at the blocks there.
That logo (we've been here before discussing this I think) made it everywhere at one point - within the BBC being the worse use cases. Doctors for instance (and other Birmingham and Bristol network productions post Mailbox move). How anyone ever thought it looked right is beyond me
LX
For context, this wasn't an opinion piece, it was the political sketch - a sort of cartoon in written form. In the preceding couple of days alone, the Times sketch also referred to Alan Sugar as a "stubby-fingered megalomaniac", to Chuka Umunna a "scion of the Anglo-Irish-Nigerian gentry [who] radiates the most tremendous levels of to-the-manner-born poise", and to Boris Johnson as "a crouched, squat, albino-ish conductor waving his hands in an effort to stir the orchestra".
I'm not defending the practice - I think it is well past its sell-by date - but this is not, as some people seem to be taking it, a random insult apropos of nothing in an otherwise straightforward opinion piece.
Sorry I didn’t see this reply.
I think my answer to that is to point out that Naga Munchetty is a BBC journalist.
She’s not someone who has put herself forward for political office or as a personality per se like Alan Sugar, who are as you point out fair game. It was just grossly insulting to her.
Sketch or not, I think that piece crossed a line.
Even when it descends into personal insults?
I find it hard to believe that describing someone as having “a Mr Spock hairdo and owl eyes” is acceptable in any situation.
One can put arguments forward in an opinion piece quite legitimately and forcefully without resorting to personal insults.
That quote was just unnecessary.
I find it hard to believe that describing someone as having “a Mr Spock hairdo and owl eyes” is acceptable in any situation.
One can put arguments forward in an opinion piece quite legitimately and forcefully without resorting to personal insults.
That quote was just unnecessary.
For context, this wasn't an opinion piece, it was the political sketch - a sort of cartoon in written form. In the preceding couple of days alone, the Times sketch also referred to Alan Sugar as a "stubby-fingered megalomaniac", to Chuka Umunna a "scion of the Anglo-Irish-Nigerian gentry [who] radiates the most tremendous levels of to-the-manner-born poise", and to Boris Johnson as "a crouched, squat, albino-ish conductor waving his hands in an effort to stir the orchestra".
I'm not defending the practice - I think it is well past its sell-by date - but this is not, as some people seem to be taking it, a random insult apropos of nothing in an otherwise straightforward opinion piece.
Sorry I didn’t see this reply.
I think my answer to that is to point out that Naga Munchetty is a BBC journalist.
She’s not someone who has put herself forward for political office or as a personality per se like Alan Sugar, who are as you point out fair game. It was just grossly insulting to her.
Sketch or not, I think that piece crossed a line.