16 SEPTEMBER 2000, Page 30

Blair's pathetic lies

From Mr David Watkins Sir: With regard to Stephen Glover's quizzi- cal little piece on James Naughtie and Sue

LETTERS

MacGregor (Media studies, 9 September), BBC News's anti-Tory and pro-Labour bias- es can be simply demonstrated. Just con- trast its determination to remind viewers of Mr Hague's minor lapse in telling an inter- viewer about his youthful beer-drinking feats with its tactful silence about the PM's amazingly silly, self-glorifying lies about see- ing Jackie Milburn play football and flying to the Bermudas as a stowaway.

David Watkins Cardiff