True Lies

So where exactly does "Freedom of Speech" draw the line? Why is it the press are allowed to pretty much say anything they like and get away with it? This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that, contrary to popular opinion, a newspaper editor is more powerful than any other being on the planet save the paper's owner perhaps.

If Tony Blair were to say "David Beckham is gay", no-one would pay any attention. If the Sun reported it, 2 million people would go "wow he must be". Sad but true. This vilification of celebrity by the press is what gets to me right now. Not satisfied with hounding Princess Diana to an early grave, they seem intent on knocking every successful person, everyone who's actually gone and done something with their life, with the ambition of turning everyone against them.

And why? because they want your grubby little 40 pence. That's the only reason. Buy the Sun, the Mail, the Mirror, whatever and you are basically saying you are either a) easily lead or b) stupid or c) easily lead and stupid.

I just read the news online now - but even the BBC have started to follow the crowd. We all know Sky loves to try and grub-it-up with the gutter press on their headlines but you don't expect it from the BBC.

Today's example that fed this blog entry was centred around the not-particularly-likeable-but-nonetheless-successful boss of Chelsea Football Club, Jose Mourinho. In an interview after the game that his side lost last night he was calm and collected. He was pressed to comment on the "dubious" goal and he declined merely saying that he felt the linesman would have been hard pushed to see it but that a goal was a goal and "that's football". This morning what do we get on the BBC? "Mourinho Blasts Linesman". Oh come on - please. BBC - hear me now, don't lower yourself to the level of the gutter press. You're better than that.

S!