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The Guardian - UK
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Presented by Matt Wells and produced by Ben Green

Media Talk: BBC Trust, Tiger Woods, and the X Factor final

Matt Wells is joined by Stephen Brook and James Robinson on this week's Media Talk - and amazingly, none of them have slept with Tiger Woods.

We start with Greg Dyke's Christmas lecture at the Royal Television Society. The former director general has said the BBC Trust is too slow, too expensive and too bureaucratic. Is it a case of sour grapes, or is it now time to abolish the corporation's regulator and cheerleader-in-chief?

Also in the podcast, we round up a other busy seven days in Fleet Street. Rebekah Brooks has been called to give evidence as parliament continues its investigation into the News of The World phone-hacking scandal. Plus, Andrew Pierce has jumped into bed with the Daily Mail. What will Jan Moir make of Paul Dacre's appointment of arguably Britain's most senior gay journalist?

Finally, Jedward may be long gone, but we look forward to the season finale of the X Factor - and ask, isn't ITV quite good these days after all?

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