I've spent the last few weeks vociferously defending the BBC to all who would hear and pointing out that the failings they are being accused of and ripping themselves to shreds over in a downward spiral of defiantly proper behaviour, are barely significant in the world of modern media. The tabloids - which are consumed by a far larger and, excuse my snobbery, FAR stupider and less discerning public - knowingly lie and distort the truth all day every day for profit.

The bastards are clever.

For anyone wondering why they should still pay their licence fee at this point, the true answer has nothing to do with tradition and people in glasses wanting to watch highbrow jolly-hockeysticks programming. The Leveson Inquiry is the most significant blow against global media evil that has ever been blown