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August 9, 2007

Beeb man video is surrounded by smut

By Axegrinder axeblog

The BBC News Online deputy editor Paul Brannon is, no doubt, used to a behind-the-scenes role in journalism. However, Axegrinder was fascinated to learn from an interview with University of Westminster journalism students that his status has suddenly been catapulted into an altogether different direction: porn.

Being at the forefront of new journalism, Westminster cleverly got with the times and posted a vodcast of the interview on its website.

But scroll down from Brannon talking about the BBC expanding into a diversifying market place and you can click through to a very different marketplace indeed.

"Viagra", "mature nylon pantyhose stockings", "Teenage Nympho", "big dick tranny", "secretaries in skirts", "erotic pregnancy teen"… I could go on, but while you've still got your lunch I'll leave you with my personal favourite: "Incest sex – unbelievable mom-son porno – boyzone father and son with unbeaten incestquest".

Who ever made that video has obviously been to the BBC's school for headline writers, but hasn't heard of spam fitering or comment moderation.

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