Today’s Sunday Times includes an article about the two British suicide bombers. In an otherwise pretty good article, the reporter Nick Fielding slips in an ultra-stereotypic way when describing the other man’s youth: But he also had non-Muslim friends and enjoyed playing football and snooker. As if choice of sports really had anything to do with one’s personality.

Another journalistic blunder was the inclusion of a 1/3 page story about the upcoming Harry Potter game. The article highlights the various obstacles Electronic Arts developers had to overcome in order to make the game work. No wonder she’s the richest person in Britain when she gets this sort of free publicity.