Blogging the Beeb

I haven’t been following the Gilligan/Kelly story this week. I think we’ve had all the revelations we’re going to get and the whole thing will now be slowly chewed to death by the Hutton inquiry.

I hope the BBC learns a lesson from all this (less hubris and more journalism would be nice) but I’m not optimistic.

The British press are, by and large, still critical of Gilligan and the BBC, though there are dissenting voices, and the Guardian suspects dark forces may be at work.

But never mind the press, read the blogs!

Biased BBC stands constant watch but others at times have seemed not far behind: David Steven has been hard at work (start here and scroll down) and Nzpundit has had a field day recently, take a look at his archives.

Andrew Sullivan thinks the BBC is on the ropes and Patrick Belton at Oxblog has an example of the kind of thing that put it there. Instapundit noticed the Oxblog post and warns that the BBC has learnt to cover its tracks.

Jane Galt is amazed by the BBC’s profile of North Korea, Stephen Pollard has had enough of their John Humphrys, and Oliver Kamm has Rageh Omar under observation.

Meanwhile, somewhere Down Under, Tim Blair previews the forthcoming BBC documentary on the Jessica Lynch story. Even LGF gets in on the act with a reference to Mark Steyn’s piece about the BBC's coverage of Mussolini's death.