Much to my despair...

[Biff]

I have my Arse Hat on.

Best we don't get out hats mixed up then. No offence, but your arse on my head doesn't sound too appealing.

[Mooch]

Even the BBC website has the journalistic integrity of a pre-school newsletter written by the pre-literate inmates.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4576623.stm

One word in this report needs a (sic) after it, because the scientist being quoted has used the wrong word to denote the transition of Voyager 1 from the Solar System to interstellar space. The word he's used usually denotes a journey with the same start and end point. If Voyager 1 manages to exist for an infinite amount of time, he may well be right. But given that the eventual collapse of the Universe has been disputed of late it looks unlikely that the Dr Edward Stone is unlikely to have his heinous mutilation of an apparently simple concept fixed for him by lucky happenstance.

So am I right in assuming that a fundamental disrespect for clear and effective communication is now de rigueur?

It's OK to display ignorance openly because everyone else says it is?

Bah, humbug.

Jim2 ,
The BBC are having massive strikes at the moment , BBC channels 1 -3 had live feeds from Parliment most of the day . It could be that the jurno's are worried about jobs , etc . They are going to cut staff from 11,000 to 7000. I'd say it'll only get worse.

[Pixie]

Uh no it wasn't. It was a poor choice of word for an educated man. There are a great number of metaphors for a transitional stage and "final lap(sic)" isn't one of them.

Who says he's edjumacated??
Maybe he's a journalist.

There was a BBC presenter in Rome for the recent Pope-a-rama.
Who, when refering to the flue the holy smoke was to rise from,kept calling it a "Chimbley"
I kid you not!!

[James Deuce]

Jim2 ,
The BBC are having massive strikes at the moment , BBC channels 1 -3 had live feeds from Parliment most of the day . It could be that the jurno's are worried about jobs , etc . They are going to cut staff from 11,000 to 7000. I'd say it'll only get worse.

Blimey. Oh well, I know where their buildings are.