“Is the BBC being generous?”

Given the BBC’s institutional left wing bias I doubt they were being generous. Perhaps this is just one of those rare examples of accurate reporting by the Beeb.

Nurse, the screens!

(if it’s institutional left-wing bias you want, may I suggest tuning into Radio 5 Live’s phone-in every morning for a week? Unless, of course, that’s a left-wing plot to portray the ordinarydecentbritishworkingman as a reactionary imbecile who spouts tabloid received opinions on race, immigration and law’n'order, in which case it succeeds admirably.

‘Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s appearance was met with chuckles and shouts of “come on Boris,” then cheers when he successfully waved the Olympic flag.’

Hahaha. That sounds like a little sideswipe to me (OLD BOY MANAGED TO WAVE THE FLAG!), although you could cast it in a positive light too (’well, at least he managed to wave the flag’).