And Now The News
Sometimes I wonder how the television and radio manage to churn out such pap and nonsense - without someone somewhere standing up and saying:
'I refuse to read this rubbish - it's a complete insult to the viewers' and listeners' intelligence!"
Take today for example.
I heard a 'news' story this morning on the radio in which someone was calling for the Lockerbie bomber - Al Megrahi - to be extradited - presumably to America.
But how could this happen?
Because Al Megrahi was already jailed for his crime and given a life sentence by a Scottish court sitting in The Hague - but was then subsequently released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds.
A decision that was of course fully supported by the UK (Labour) government at the time - though that didn't stop Labour in Scotland behaving hypocritically when the decision was announced - and trying to exploit the situation for their own ends.
So what is this latest nonsense all about?
Admittedly Al Megrahi has refused to die within the three months anticipated originally by Scotland's top medical experts - inconvenient maybe but hardly a crime.
In future I would urge newsreaders to go on strike - and refuse to read out such drivel.
Unless of course they've nothing better to do with their time - in which case that's a different matter altogether.
'I refuse to read this rubbish - it's a complete insult to the viewers' and listeners' intelligence!"
Take today for example.
I heard a 'news' story this morning on the radio in which someone was calling for the Lockerbie bomber - Al Megrahi - to be extradited - presumably to America.
But how could this happen?
Because Al Megrahi was already jailed for his crime and given a life sentence by a Scottish court sitting in The Hague - but was then subsequently released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds.
A decision that was of course fully supported by the UK (Labour) government at the time - though that didn't stop Labour in Scotland behaving hypocritically when the decision was announced - and trying to exploit the situation for their own ends.
So what is this latest nonsense all about?
Admittedly Al Megrahi has refused to die within the three months anticipated originally by Scotland's top medical experts - inconvenient maybe but hardly a crime.
In future I would urge newsreaders to go on strike - and refuse to read out such drivel.
Unless of course they've nothing better to do with their time - in which case that's a different matter altogether.
