An alternative world-Brand still at Radio 2 Douglas still at the Beeb

This is my final word on the Brand/Russell incident.

Let's hope that lessons can be learnt and yesterday's action by Mark Thompson draws a line under it.

Final word to Martin Moore who asks

Suppose it had been two newspaper journalists who made the call to Mr Sachs, put the video on the newspaper's website and published an article about it. How would the response have been different?

and his case?

1.it would have received very little coverage in the press because most papers still abide by the rule that they will not criticize one another's behaviour

2.It is very unlikely it would have been picked up by the broadcasters since they too tend to avoid moralizing about members of the British press

3.Without the oxygen of publicity it is unlikely there would have been many complaints