Bias in the media should be challenged at all times in a free society. TheEye is a frequent critic of the BBC in this respect. Check out Biased-BBC’s live-chat shadowing Question Time at 10:30pm on Thursday for what will doubtless be another classic example.

However it will have to go some to beat this marvellously straight-down-the-middle headline in the unmissable Pravda.

“Ukraine desperately begs for help kneeling in front of the whole world”

“Top officials of world’s biggest financial structures have become frequent guests in Ukraine lately. They assigned a great amount of money to the country, but it seems that the efforts were wasted. International creditors will most likely turn their back to Ukraine as Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko continue to fight with each other”

“A second tranche from the IMF will not solve the deficit of the Ukrainian budget no matter how the situation unfolds further. Tymoshenko stated only several weeks ago she was conducting financial assistance talks with six countries, including Russia. Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko harshly criticized her for that.”

“”It is very hard morally and psychologically to comment on the making of the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, when it goes about Russia’s five-billion loan to Ukraine,” he said.”

“It goes without saying that it would be a lot more pleasant for Ukraine to become financially dependent on Europe or the United States.”

That last bit was their editorial and not a quotation from a politician. The BBC have nothing on these guys. Watch and learn boys, watch and learn.