Friday, March 05, 2004

DUH!

So Lord Hutton is surprised at the reaction to his report at the BBC. What did he expect?

"Lord Hutton is said to be particularly concerned that the BBC overreacted to his findings, leading to the resignations of Mr Davies and Mr Dyke"

Hutton believes that the BBC "overreacted" and that his criticism was not meant to be a "blanket criticism of the entire BBC's editorial system."

"Lord Hutton did not expect any BBC resignations to flow from his report, not even that of Gilligan."

What planet does this man inhabit? For better or worse, the Hutton Inquiry was always going to be about who lied and who bent the truth. The media, politicians and (I guess) the public expected the inquiry to apportion guilt. In true trial lawyer style, that's exactly what Hutton did. By naively focussing on narrow points of process, he was with little thought of the political ramifications.

I was going to make some witty comment like "you pays peanuts, you gets monkeys", but as Hutton probably got a tasty slice of pie it is not appropriate. I'll stick with law lords are out of touch with reality.

Do you think Hutton knows what supersizing means?

:: Posted by pete @ 17:11