Whatever has been going on, one has to wonder if the 9 hour detention of a Brazilian national, David Miranda, would have made a news story, let alone major and continuing headlines, if he was not the boyfriend of a left wing journalist.
The media, notably led by the Guardian and the BBC, has had this non-event as their leading story for 2 days now and it shows no sign of going away. In fact, it appears that Mr Miranda was detained quite legally and that he has, indeed, been complicit in certain activities which may be deemed dubious or, even, illegal.
I don't normally side with the state in such matters but on this occasion what did it do that was wrong ? If Mr Miranda had been a bearded or handless sheet-wearing Muslim, would there have been any fuss made ? I doubt it. This is a simple case of the left wing objecting to a largely right wing government; it's nonsense and it's time the story was consigned to the dustbin where it belongs.
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