Saturday, 25 February 2017

Lead story


As Ozfan noted on an earlier thread (concerning Radio 4's news bulletins this morning), it's striking that the BBC News website is now leading with:


I've noticed before (as, no doubt, have many of you) that David Miliband's statements on any subject of political importance tend get a very high billing in the BBC's reporting (or on Newsnight), despite him having been out of UK politics from over six years and leading a humanitarian organisation rather than a political organisation. 

He's long been like 'the king over the water' for people of a certain outlook (including, perhaps, some at the BBC). 

It's a safe bet to say that the Corbynistas on Twitter won't be happy.

Update 14:20 Intriguingly, poor David Miliband is no longer the BBC's lead story and has vanished from their website's home page. He's been replaced by that nice Tom Watson: