The American Expatriate: I love the BBC...

THE AMERICAN ^REEXPATRIATE

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb, in a remarkably frank admission of his role in misinforming the British public about America and Americans

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

I love the BBC...

...at least when it has headlines like this one:

Red Sox go down to heavy defeat

One minor quibble:
The White Sox made a dream start, scoring five runs in the first innings off Boston starter Matt Clement.

This is not cricket, guys. In baseball each inning has a top half, and a bottom half. Two halves make one whole. The White Sox scored five runs in the first inning, singular, not innings. Having said that, as long as you are reporting Red Sox losses and Yankee wins, call them whatever you want.