Quote of the day

Not entirely sure how this gem from last week's NME evaded my attention first time around...

"We want to be the radio version of what The Sun newspaper would do. We are not going to be saying, 'This is our opinion, get behind it'. We are going to reflect the mood of the nation."

Yes, Virgin Radio's Programming Director Paul Jackson really did say that, in relation to his station's policy of record censorship during the Iraq conflict. He's not got a very good grasp of the way The Sun works, has he? Anyway, a radio version of The Sun doesn't bear thinking about - the numbskull bluster of Richard Littlejohn beamed directly into your earhole. Ugh.