Super1's news bullettin yesterday evening was followed by the usually reliable sports feature. The programme informed viewers about the latest score of the ongoing Msida - Valletta football match. They also showed the result of the previous match between Sliema and Mosta. According to Super1 it finished 3-0 with goals by Doncic, Giglio and Woods securing victory for the champions. On checking the maltafootball site, I discovered that the actual result was 6-0.

Net TV went one better. On the sports section of their 11pm news bullettin there was no mention of both games. They simply reported the matches played on the previous day, a whole 30 hours earlier. Still, it is hard to beat PBS in the annoyance stakes. On the Telefokus section of the printed edition of today's L-Orizzont, Charles Flores reports that the most popular sports programmes are being axed by the national broadcasting channel as part of PBS's latest round of cutbacks.

The money saved on sports might convenieniently go to finance the recruitment of a Nationalist Party journalist for the position of head of news at the 'impartial' PBS. That's the spirit!

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