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What do Jack Straw, Posh and Becks and a dead sheep have in common?

Auntie Beeb (no relation) | 14.02.2003 22:59

Answer - they are the 10.30pm lead stories on the BBC news site.
Buried several paragraphs later is a mention of tomorrows global protests against war.

What a contrast to the Invasion of the Land Snatchers march, bankrolled by the Duke of Westminster, and which received top slot two days before the event. A map with helpful instructions on how to get there also featured prominently.

On Jeremy Vine's Radio 2 show (Tuesday) a phone poll asked who was the greatest threat to world peace, Saddam or Bush. Of 7000+ voters 64% said Bush. Radio 2 is a very middle class station, so that's big news when the majority believe that Blair's ally is more dangerous than the man Blair has called the worlds worst dictator.

Try finding that story anywhere on the BBC news site.
(You can check the messageboards to confirm the details)

In fact the anti-war protests get less than nothing, since the Beeb are asking for protestors to send their own pictures in.

Photoshopped "protest pix" stating - "send your own f**king reporters", "Blair Bullshit Corporation" and such like will no doubt be very unappreciated at -

 yourpics@bbc.co.uk

If you make it tomorrow, have a fine day y'all.

And if you don't - well, you can fax your MP for free and tell them why you oppose this insane war. You don't even need to know who s/he is -

 http://www.faxyourmp.com

Auntie Beeb (no relation)