Monday, May 10, 2004
But what means have we for deciding whether an internal report clears BBC news editors of wrongdoings in the wake of the publication of the Hutton Report is any more accurate than the whitewash that was Hutton? Anyway, sometime this month Dame Hutton is appearing before a select committee, although we may never hear it if the Government gets a good head of steam going over it's witch-hunt against the Mirror over those possibly faked photos.
At this rate the Government will have had a witchhunt against every main news organisation that isn't News International or the Daily Mail by next Spring. It'll have to start watching the end of Have I Got News For You for obscure trade magazines to pick fights with... "And the headline tonight, the Government has reacted strongly to the news that Doctor Who Magazine has voted Tom Baker as best Doctor, saying they have conclusive proof that Jon Pertwee was the better Time Lord. The Prime Ministers Official Spokesman said the Prime Minister also favoured Jo Grant over Leela."
