There was I, watching the evening news, trouble in
Syria and the like, then on comes an item about JK’s new book. A big close up
of the cover on screen and an interview with the author.
Now, the cover’s pretty bright and I’m sure the book’s
very good. I’m also sure the Potter series deserves all the plaudits it’s got.
But is the BBC fucking news the place for this sort of
thing?
Is it news? Or just blatant promotion?
The Beeb is supposed to be impartial and everything,
yet here’s a clear example of them favouring one book over the millions of
others out there.
And there are millions of authors out there who’d kill
for this sort of publicity. I’d personally take a two second flash of the cover
of either of my books before the weather forecast.
So, BBC, in the interests of impartiality, get in
touch with me and I’ll send you a jpeg of my book covers. Put either one on
your news show, before the weather, even during the fucking weather, I don’t
mind. Thanks.
As featured on the impartial BBC News:
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