Minutiae

Another ineffably dull set of minutes from the BBC Trust - no wonder Lord Patten has said one term's enough. One vague decision - the Trust is allowing an 18-month pilot of S4C material being made available on iPlayer. Frankly, if it quacks like part of the BBC, why not call it a duck ?

Here's a marvellous two-faced moment, either of minute-taking or the discussion itself, on the Prebble review of impartiality in news and other programming...

Members agreed that a wide range of opinions was broadcast in the BBC’s news, current affairs and factual programmes, with no persuasive evidence that significant areas of opinion were not represented. However, members felt that more could be done to ensure voices outside the main political debate were included on air.

That's clear, then...