Roundup.

Hamas has largely been respecting a ceasefire, despite frequent Israeli army provocations, for more than a year, and it is unlikely to go back on the offensive now.

Someone complained. Now it says:

Hamas has largely been respecting a ceasefire, despite what it sees as frequent Israeli army provocations, for more than a year, and it is unlikely to go back on the offensive now.

The only thing that surprised me that was Stephen Pollard thought this was a new tactic.

The BBC’s coverage of the fact that Mick Gault has broken the all-time medal record for a brit at the games is hidden down the commonwealth games page in the shooting section:

link.

I get the feeling that had it been any other sport, it would have been a headline.

The story itself is also interesting – Have a look here: link.

And at the through link “shooting guide” here: link.

Even in the “want to get involved?” section there is no mention that pistol shooting is banned in the UK.

I personally feel that the fact that pistol shooting is effectively banned (although I believe that Mick uses a UK-legal “long arm” free pistol) is relevant to the story, since it enhances his achievement. Yet the BBC leaves this out. It could just be that the journalist is utterly unaware of the situation, which is quite likely.

Should religious converts be punished?

Gosh, BBC, that’s a tricky one. Pros and cons either way, what?

Whenever the World Service wants to touch the Foreign Office for twenty or thirty mill to set up a new Arabic service, the organisation claims that it is all justified by the fact that the BBC is an ideal medium to carry democratic and liberal values to the Arab world.

From this it looks like any spreading of values is going the other way.