Leave it to the BBC to turn a story upside down and eke out as much contrived green hysteria as is humanly possible. Having finally caught up with the Gibson guitars raid, the BBC leads its coverage with a delirious environmental question, rather than focusing in on the fact that a great company in the United States was subjected to an entirely unnecessary armed raid, despite not having clearly broken any American laws. The headline? “Are Gibson guitars killing the rainforest?” And here is the first sentence:

Iconic US guitar maker Gibson is facing a criminal probe over claims it broke environmental laws while importing wood. So is music the next threat to the world’s forests?

If a socialist media giant falls in the rainforest and nobody is there to hear it, is it still ridiculous?