QuackQuack's Journal: BBC Talkback

I've long suspected that the BBC talkback/Have your say has a political bias in determining what they publish on the site. They've never published any of my comments, (so I gave up trying), but it seems like they'll give a high priority to any anti-American/anti-Bush comment no matter how silly.

Today they have a talkback on "Are you Affected" by the power outage that hit the US and Canada. Keep in mind that the order the comments appear in is NOT Chronological (sometimes new comments appear before older ones, sometimes after so apparently the editors determine the order). Here was the first comment:

All I have to say is that Bush and his administration should be held responsible for all this mess in the United States.
Preston, USA

Not only is this comment offtopic, it's silly, since it's not just the US grid we're talking about here. We very rarely see events like this, so is it really such a disaster? Here's another:

...The worst part is that Bush did not address the people for hours. The obvious fact that this was not an accident was completely denied through the media and government.
Lawrence Teten, US

Oh yeah, they love to print conspiratorial comments to, for whatever reason. I guess this comment is insinuating that it was terrorism, but the govt and media is covering that up. Why would they? Terrorist acts do wonders for politicians approval ratings and national unity.

Oh well... Next time I waste my time reading one of these talkbacks, and get aggrivated and am tempted to waste my time sending in my own, I'll have this entry to remind me not to bother.