A U.S. soldier is suing the military due to religious bias. No surprises there, then. The real eye opener for me comes later in the article;
The lawsuit also notes that in 2007, the Air Force sponsored “Team Faith,” which performs motocross stunt shows to “lead extreme sports athletes to Christ.”
Makes plenty of sense, I suppose – having influential extreme sports stars on-side would help them round up the strays. But, if Scientology, for example, pulled the same stunt there’d be an outcry.
It’s hardly shocking that Clarkson and the gang lied in their recent Top Gear test of the Tesla – the show is now more pantomime than an accurate portrayal of the facts. I pretty much gave up watching regularly it after the season following Hammond’s infamous crash, due to the heavy concentration of staged “blokes dicking around in cars” segments at the expense of any factual, car-related content. Still, it’s sad to see them stoop so low, as I find it hard to tune in to programmes when it’s a given they’re just taking liberties with the truth. Shame – it used to be excellent.
Same goes for The Gadget Show – I went through a phase where I never missed it, but as the staged “challenges” began to outweigh the substance my interest declined to the point where I don’t particularly care whether I see it or not. Not that I think they’ve actually lied or told any half truths about any of the stuff they’ve tested – save for that frickin’ kettle we bought after they failed to mention how noisy it was.
Last night I subscribed to a handfull of BBC podcasts to help fill up the longer walk that I now have to and from the station. My PSP dutifully downloaded them while I was fast asleep at 6am, and then I deleted most of them a couple of hours later.
Why?
Because the production quality was gash, that’s why.