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BBC bias watch

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here's what [UK Prime Minister] Tony Blair said (as he responded to a question asking whether he would continue to serve as prime minister in a third Labour term in government): "There is a big job of work to do - my appetite for doing it is undiminished." And here's what the BBC reported in its lede: "Mr Blair, who said his appetite for power remained 'undiminished'...." And not to let a good distortion go, the website then links to the story thusly: "Tony Blair sidesteps questions on the David Kelly affair - but says his appetite for power is 'undiminished'."

Note: The BBC tends to "sanitize" its content on the web when it starts getting flack about the bias so this may not be there by the time you read it.