I'm always on the look-out for moments when the media and politicians cross the line into Chris Morris territory.
During yesterday's saturation news coverage of the resignation of Hazel Blears, her parliamentary private secretary, Robert Flello, came out with a line that could have been drawn straight from the comedian's news parody shows The Day Today and Brass Eye:
She's got the Labour party running through her veins. That's not blood; that's the Labour party.
I think it probably is blood, don't you?
Today, Popbitch, the gossip website, points out another good example: BBC reporter Dominic Hughes's attempt to explain the European elections using a "beautiful Belgian chocolate tart". At the end of the piece he cuts off the slice that represents the Tories and takes a bite. "Mmmm .... really delicious."
It's a bit too close to Morris's infamous – and brilliant – "cake" spoof for comfort.
If you've spotted any more lately, please post them below.
