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There is a section on the BBC News website called “The Editors”. Last Thursday Matt Morris published an interesting commentary entitled, “Too many Muslim stories?” Well, as you know I have an opinion on this, and so I submitted a polite, quite reasonable comment, questioning why the veil story occupied the headlines on BBC Online all day Friday, while that other story – the former members of the BNP found in possession of vast amounts of bomb-making equipment – went totally unreported. But comments are moderated and my question clearly didn’t pass the board. Don’t tell me it’s because I went off topic; half the comments are vering off course. Don’t tell me it’s subjudice – criminal charges are constantly reported in the news. What is going on? Somebody tell me please.