QUOTE OF THE DAY Defensive actions

From the mouths of Beebs. Or... the gifts that keep on giving...

Alan Yentob defends BBC over Arlene Phillips ageism claims

You have to hand it to the market rate talents, who 'we' might lose were they not paid massive amounts to be retained from going to... er... ITV?

'...normal people found it "difficult to understand" why they needed thousands of pounds for dinners and expensive gifts.'

Now, you might see where I am going here, but does this suggest that Mr. Yentob seem to be saying that they are 'not normal', or is it ab...

IRONY ALERT - If a tree falls in the forest, and no one PR's it...

Gordon Brown's summer holiday – social working for a week or two

Especially this.

IRONY ALERT - People in uniquely funded houses...

Check out this thread:

Stop the blocking now

It's about a regime preventing stuff they don't like.

Now check out the number of posts moderated out.

Yours, a snip at just £142.50pa

IRONY ALERT - At least some get a vote, even if it is rigged

From another blog...

Someone commented on the Editors' Blog Stop the blocking now, re the Iranian government blocking of the courageous and impartial BBC.

Now have a look at the comments to this blog entry, most of which say: 'This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules'

Absolutely most of them.

I don't think the Beeb grasps the irony of it.

Ah, but one is state-controlled suppression of free speech, and the other is, er, different. Or should I say, 'unique'.

Irony Alert - My footy wooty blog

Rather delecious to note that one of Russel Brand's major media defenders (well, mostly) with its defenders of free speech readership, has this blog..

What a barmy, hysterical, cosmic week

But rather liberally littered with this:

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Oh, the irony.

Self-mockery time

I am not sure whether this I was about to use is ironic or not:

"I don't deal in absolutes"

It was going to be part of a reply to someone who demanded that I immediately cut my waste to zero, which I view as extreme and unhelpful in getting to a serious balance.

However I had cause to wonder if my proposed reply was equally dogmatic.