from BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific: Philippines mourns dead cardinal

A fair assessment with only one zinger!

Come on, this is the BBC. You new they had to get in one, right? Thankfully, it's near the end:

Cardinal Sin espoused a conservative vision of Catholicism, and after the election of John Paul's successor he described Benedict XVI as a "bright and good man, and a good friend".

Fortunately, the rest offers a more respectful and less media-hyper clueless characterizations:

The BBC's Sarah Toms says the powerful and the poor alike have been filing past the open casket containing his body, while a large portrait hangs overhead.

Former President Corazon Aquino, who enjoyed the cardinal's support during the popular uprising that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos and brought her to power, attended the mass.

"He was a good shepherd and I shall always remember him with utter gratitude and I hope we can be a little bit like him, serving God, serving our country, serving our people," she said.

Read it! It won't hurt. Honest.