Snow's most recent outing is as an amateur cook on Gordon Ramsay's "the f word" cookery show, where he burns his cakes. Gordon then gives him a present of a red tie with the f word printed on it. Snow says he will wear it for special events. Not very manly. Perhaps he is preparing to transfer his talents to light entertainment.

Jon Snow recently interviewed the Chinese ambassador to the UK. "Thank you so much for joining us, a rare glimpse, for once, of the official chinese point of view," he said at the end, almost salivating at the woman, the Chinese ambassador. In the interview, she claimed the chinese police who ran around the Olympic flame in London were, "young boys...PHD students, kind boys, I ran with them myself in Chinatown. Jon, in China their parents will be sad to hear people in England referred to them as paramilitaries. In China parents only have one child." He then said to her, tenderly, "People here are concerned about the human rights of people in China. Do you think, it is a case of perception? That, the notion of western concepts of human rights and democracy is different from that in China?" She goes on to condemn the Dalai Lama, employing the most amusing sophistry, "Is he a spiritual leader? Or is he a politician?" She smiles pithily. Jon Snow looks at her in awe - as if she has, at a stroke, ended all arguments on this issue. Read the nuts interview printed here : http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/in...

I don't agree 100% with what NIck Cohen says all the time but at least he seems to look at things with more intelligence and thought than the typical knee-jerk leftie-liberals in the guardian. Its getting to the point where the more traditionally right wing papers are actually the showcase for the intelligent liberals and the guardian for the journalists that make you think "I can't believe they're paid for this"

I thought the use of the word 'unmanly' made the piece myself. The whole article was building up to it. Noone would object to 'feminine', so it's sheer nonsense to carp at an adjective that suggests there are positive masculine virtues and in certain individuals a lack thereof. I might go so far as to suggest that those who object to the term are most likely themselves exceedingly unmanly.

I liked this Telegraph comment about Snow's outburst over Harry.. "I hope Mr. Snow will be equally incandescent with the Editors of his own programme if the detailed activities, timetables and specific whereabouts of Channel Four Journalists reporting in Zimbabwe or in the Sudan are intentionally concealed from the public. Then again, surely he will be sufficiently principled to broadcast this information without waiting for approval from his superiors. The possibilities for the murder or long-term imprisonment of his work colleagues surely are hugely outweighed by his personal sense of morality and application to journalistic truth? Come on John Snow, next time one of your office buddies is on an exposee of the Burmese Junta, make sure you tell us precisely where they are in country, and broadcast clear and recent images of such journalists and mobile crew. Your personal crusade of pompous self-importance demands no less." Posted by Douglas Carter on March 1, 2008 1:18 AM

There is a reason that I left (reading) the Guardian and that was not because of people like Nick. Rather it was because of the complacent, post-modern, valueless people (such as Madeline of Our Sorrows and George Moonbat) who argued that rescuing people from tyranny was evil. Nick's book "What's Left?" was wonderful and a real shock to read and discover the moral depravity of the modern left.

Again Nick Cohen shows why he is our top journalist. His recent absence from The Observer is disconcerting. I only hope he is writing a new book.

Snow's bias is never more clear when you contrast the way Ch4 reports Gitmo prisoner cases in contrast with allegations against troops in Iraq. The Gitmo guys claims are always accepted at face value, no matter how ludicrous. In contrast American and British accounts of engagements are disregarded in favour of lurid and unverified claims of "atrocities",

such a load of hot air. The whole article boils down to Snow unhapiness with not being able to report the harry/afghanistan. Supposedly this is like reporting "troop movements in wartime" or the "secret location" of maxine carr,neither of course are honest comparisons as it was snows wish to report that he was serving in afghanistan rather than give the taliban gps co-ordinates.poor

Good piece, though I agree that the use of the adjective 'unmanly' was puzzling, and not really appropriate.