On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:

>> Sure, in the pages of What Photo! or Digicams Rock magazines, but come
>> on - this is the BBC.
>
>The BBC has been dumbing itself down steadily over the years - I'm in
>no way surprised to find that nowadays (especially in a web presence)
>it is no different from most other 'popular press' magazines.
>
>I'm not suggesting a return to the days of radio newsreaders in evening
>dress, or even indistinguishable RP voices, but it still grates when I
>hear a BBC news presenter making simple grammatical mistakes.
>
>But since that seems to be all too common nowadays, I've long given up
>expecting the BBC to be significantly different from any other outfit;
>old standards and practices have been swept away with everything else.

Sad but true.




Cheers,
  Cotty


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