"George Booth" wrote in message
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Found this gem-look no further

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1516880.stm

(Link found on uk.rec.aviation.soaring)

I wrote about this nasty little programme in the DT the
week after it was broadcast, and I received two letters
from elderly RAF personnel who had been interviewed
for it and were deeply anguished that their contributions
had been edited and misused in order to fit the flawed
agenda of the programme-maker. They were, as you
can imagine, grateful that someone had tried, at least, to
set the record straight. Sadly the programme went on
to win a Sony award for best radio documentary of the
year, and it was, I believe, re-broadcast recently.

By the way, George, I like that "250 times the normal
August rainfall" ... that would be something like
1000 inches (25,000mm) wouldn't it? "Biblical" is
the appropriate word there, I think. It encapsulates all
you need to know about (some) journalists.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/feature/ne180901.htm
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/feature/pe200802.htm

Philip Eden