Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Shssssh, you don't know who

Another BBC Breakfast TV piece, another eyebrow-twitch.

This time it was about the power of supermarkets crushing small suppliers and shops.

At one point we had the usual bouffant and blonde 'interviewing' a besuited talking head from some ministry or body or whatever. So far, so pointless.

But towards the end, my ears pricked up when it transpired this guys did actually have powers to impose sanctions*. 'What are they?' asked the bouffant. 'I'd prefer not to go into that now,' said the suit, unchallenged. Er, why? Was it a secret? Seemed like the key point of the deal to me. Another media triumph. Meanwhile, back to the skateboarding duck...

*Reuters - Supermarket probe reports early findings - Or, not, possibly???!
BBC - there you go

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