If one thing sums up the times we live in, it's the way that BBC bashing has become a national pastime because of the loons on either side of the political spectrum who have found themselves in positions where they can have some influence. As I've said once or twice before on here, if you're getting stick in almost equal amounts from the left and the right, it probably means you're getting it about right.

I tend to be a BBC defender in the main, but when I see a lowest common denominator nobody like Chris Sutton earning a living by commentating for BBC radio at the Champions League Final, then it becomes a case of defending the indefensible.