Nothing To See Now, Move Along.

I am impressed by the heroic efforts of the Times to play down the illegal bugging affair that their stablemate, the News of the World, has been caught up in. Let's see:

• Whereas all the other newspapers as well as the BBC have it as their top story, the Times relegates to the number four domestic story.
• They make no mention of Rupert Murdoch, who appears to have a greater right to anonymity than Nightjack.
• They focus the story on how it effects David Cameron, as his spin doctor is the former NOTW editor, Andy Coulson.
  
• The normal comments facility is disabled, despite working perfectly well on all other stories.
  

Still their coverage is better than the Sun's, who have decided not to cover this celebrity filled political scandal for reasons of space.