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Friday, 09 May 2008

Please Direct Your Eyes to Our Quality Website

We really need the ad revenue.

(What?  The only alternative is that the BBC decided to fire its editors overnight.  Can you think of another scenario in which that slips through?)

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Either they need the revenue or the web editor needs to be reassigned. ...Bird mouths don't immediately make be think of tits, so maybe it's okay. - TL

Posted by: Tim Lacy | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 08:10 AM

I tried to correct that "be" to "me," but it was too late. - TL

Posted by: Tim Lacy | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 08:11 AM

You do know that the Brits are a nation of twitchers, though, I hope? This... complicates the picture somewhat.

Posted by: phoenix complex | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 09:10 AM

Is it conceivable that for the British, the "naughty" senses of a word might not so fully overshadow the "clean" senses as they do for Americans? Boring thought, I know; but as far as I know, a cock is still a cock there, and not a rooster.

Posted by: Vance Maverick | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 10:53 AM

and not a rooster?

Posted by: j.s.nelson | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 11:33 AM

You have the courage of your convictions more than I do. I saw the headline, snickered, and said "nah, I shouldn't broadcast it to the world."

Posted by: Justin | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 06:48 PM

Sorry, I meant that a cock is a "cock" there, and not a "rooster". HTH....

Posted by: Vance Maverick | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 10:33 PM

Some of the editors at the beeb do have this sort of sense of humour, as these type of headlines do pop up from time to time. I actually thought it was quite droll.

It's not about the adverts though, as the Beeb is not funded through advertising but is publically funded through television licenses. They aren't allowed to make money from advertising (or at least not in the UK- perhaps they can have adverts on the American feeds?).

Posted by: Feminist Avatar | Saturday, 10 May 2008 at 01:41 PM

Yeah, I think they do have ads when the site is viewed in the US. I think they hired a editor from The Sun for a day.

Posted by: Naadir Jeewa | Saturday, 10 May 2008 at 03:12 PM

More inappropriate BBC News headlines. Although at least they didn't do this awful ad placement.

Posted by: Naadir Jeewa | Monday, 12 May 2008 at 05:50 AM

The Great Tit stories continue.

Posted by: Naadir Jeewa | Thursday, 29 May 2008 at 05:02 AM

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