When comedy becomes reality
The differences in editorial policy between various news outlets are no more evident than in some of today’s reporting on the quibble emerging in the Falkland Islands.
The Sun’s article reads like an armada from the British Navy is already pulling off the dust covers on its howitzers in preparation for the bombardment of Buenos Aires. According to the paper HMS York is ‘spearheading a new task force’ and they even go as far as ‘revealing’ that there are more than 1,000 armed forces personnel in the region (who have been there for 20 years or so, you would have thought that this is probably past the expiry date for a revelation). By contrast, on Radio 4 this morning a spokesperson for The Government said the ship was in the area anyway and it was just popping in to say hello. Whoever’s right, The Sun article gives me an excuse to link to the Day Today sketch when Chris Morris brokers war between Australia and Hong Kong and that can only be a good thing.
