May 27 2008
What’s in a headline?
Sorry, Sky, but this is sloppy.
Thousands Spent on iPods for Civil Servants
screams the tabloidesque link. Shock, horror! Those fat-cat civil servants getting yet another perk, eh? Bring on the revolutionaries.
Now hold on just a wee minute here.
Civil Servants Listen While They Learn
is the real story. The Home Office has bought a bunch of iPods for employees to watch training videos on – sensible and cost-effective, methinks. Not such an eyecatching headline, though, is it?