Rather than defend itself, the BBC is its own harshest (and its own actual, when you consider the motivations of those attacking it) critic. People who are happy, ecstatic, to lie and bend the truth in any way to push forward their political agendas and make as much money as possible. The Leveson Inquiry is the most significant blow against global media evil that has ever been blown. It showed the tabloids for what they are, it even managed to blow The News of the World out of the water.
But you're reading a blog on The Huffington Post