The report on the Brand/Ross/Sachs 'affair' raised a question on a blog:
But how many other BBC shows are set up this way? It would be interesting to find out.
04.04.09 - 8:50 pm |
Indeed. The proxy procedure is an 'interesting', if worrying one throughout the politico-media establishment, from quangos that offer hands-off control to government, to ringers brought in by the media to 'assist' with the agenda.
This one was just, if you'll forgive the term, a cock-up, if based on a flawed system created and run by market rate talents with the mindset of toddlers with the keys to the sweetie store.
However, every time a single, sympathetic 'journalist' is 'invited' on to 'comment' (did we ever learn more about the 'Tory mole conspiracy' regarding the Cabinet 'high on the hog' expense claims CDRs, as raised by a single source and then 'interpreted' on air to little challenge by an MSM commentator?) these days, I fear the age of objectivity is long gone.
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