And there was yet another pointer to the show's "blatant Left-wing bias".
But Diane L. Knippers, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, a group that seeks to push the liberal Protestant denominations in a more conservative direction, called the letter "a blatant attempt by left-leaning religious leaders to undercut and intimidate other religious voices".
Flanagan was fortunate to escape a second booking for a blatant foul on the Blackburn left-back Martin Olsson.
Antisemitism on the far-left is often less blatant and demonstrated through a number of codewords – talk of the "global elite", the Rothschild family or myopic, brash anti-Zionism that treats the crimes of the Israeli state as almost unique.
Don Bosco Prep and its parochial county rival, Bergen Catholic, have dominated public school teams and often left coaches and parents fuming over the blatant mismatches that run counter to what many believe to be the nature and intent of high school sports.
Then, in what even the FIFA president Sepp Blatter admits was blatant cheating, France ousted Ireland with the benefit of Thierry Henry's use of his left hand, twice, to set up a goal.
What protesters perceived as blatant violence on the part of the state created a rare consensus between left-wing and right-wing parties.
Campuses which kicked the military out (for not being equal-opportunity employers, and for allowing such blatant discrimination) absolutely enraged the Right, and was cheered on (and engineered by, to a certain extent) by the left.
What appeared a blatant pull on Evertonian heart-strings at the time last night gained some credence, especially given the quality of Bilyaletdinov's left foot on a dead ball, and the left midfielder was involved in all three first-half goals before succumbing to a groin injury.
"Blatant ballot-stuffing".
