I must post briefly on something that’s annoyed me: George Alagiah just said, summarising the day’s headlines on BBC News, that the murderers Sonnex and Farmer were sentenced to 40 and 35 years respectively. They weren’t. They were sentenced to serve a minimum of 40 and of 35 years respectively. They could serve longer. I can understand the parents feeling even that’s not enough, but it’d be great, wouldn’t it, if broadcasters at least reported the sentences accurately.

UPDATE: I’m glad to say he got it right just before half past, saying they’d got “at least” 40 and 35 years.

2009-06-04T18:16:00+00:00Tags: |