On this week's podcast, Matt Wells is joined by Maggie Brown and Steve Busfield to discuss a bad week for the BBC after it found itself embroiled in a political row of its own.
The Tories are gearing up for a battle with the national broadcaster – and, in the wake of the MPs' expenses row – there's also growing pressure for publicly-funded corporation to open its own accounts. Meanwhile, it looks like the spectre of the Ross-Brand affair just won't go away for director general Mark Thompson...
Putting the BBC-bashing to one side, we wonder which other celebrities will follow Esther Rantzen's lead in making a charge for parliament.
Finally, after the Independent's editor-in-chief Simon Kelner was quoted in a piece in the New Statesman saying the Guardian – through MediaGuardian – is "purposely damaging its commercial rivals", we indulge in a spot of fair and balanced self-flagellation.
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