The News

BBC News takes me by surprise sometimes, especially when I think the world is against NZ in the news stakes. The Beeb does care. Their 27-Jul-2003 0800UTC News had our very own Helen Clark giving the North Koreans a bit of a ticking off about those naughty old nuclear weapons (glad she didn't use the ol' "weapons of mass destruction" spiel). Can't find hide nor hair of that being a top feature of any of the online news sites, even the BBC's own, where it appears about half way down the story. It was a good speech, given in the usual deeper than John Wayne-drawl. I can't find the transcript, but the NZ Herald did quote this one line...

"They want this shadow gone."

Ahaha. Nice one. (And even on the Herald and Stuff it took some digging to find the stories.)

Anyway, that thought was sparked off by the other big headlines, "Lawlessness in Liberia!", and "Freedom-Fighters in the Phillipines", which are a rash over the Google News Pages, in contrast to the total non-appearance of the Solomon Islands peace-keeping mission by ANZAC troops and police (to put an end to the lawlessness and "freedom fighting" that have become popular pursuits of portions of the population).

Lady Archer defending the honour of her man rates higher in the Google news ranking system. Ah well.

Anyway, back to BBC News, where they then lead the sports section with the All Blacks thumping of the Aussies (see previous post), and showed the sublime highlights package of every try (and late hit - Wendel, appalling) in the game. Brilliant. Again, doesn't even rate a mention in the International Edition of Google's top sports news stories. Not that it takes an inch away from my enjoyment of the game. Brilliant.
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