Vive la BBC3! BBC3 had a vote of support from an unlikely quarter today - the London correspondent for Le Monde, Marc Roche. Marc told the Voice of the Listener & Viewer conference this morning: "I wish France had a BBC3." Presumably it would be run by Danniell Cohen.
Beeb praised for 'tolerating' Paxman There was also praise for British media over another unlikely subject - controversial historian David Irvine. German newspaper Die Welt's London correspondent Thomas Kielinger said: "In this country you are fortunate with a different history that you are free to tolerate free speech, even with some unappetising people." Thomas went on to praise the BBC for allowing stars such as Jeremy Paxman to speak out: "It does the BBC no harm to tolerate him." Monkey isn't sure tolerate is quite the right word.
