SOTU on Today - Biased BBC

SOTU on Today: "For Mark Mardell there was only one word to describe Obama's SOTU speech, and boy did he use it on the Today programme: 'striking phrases… striking phrase… striking passage… the words were striking' (that last one appears on his blog, too). His colleague Paul Adams preferred a different cliché, telling the Today audience it was Obama's 'most important speech to date'. Of course it was Paul - they always are. Later in the programme Jim Naughtie discussed the speech with two commentators, both from pro-Obama publications - Newsweek's Stryker McGuire (check out the response to the speech from the magazine's Obama-worshipping Senior Editor) and the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland (or 'Johnny' as Naughtie called him - nice and cosy).

Note to Today editor - other viewpoints are available, please check internet for details.

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