Right cuts, wrong jobs

As I stood in CNN’s London newsroom listening to the BBC explaining job cuts you can understand why some people think Mark Thompson has not gone far enough. Hence Sky News’ John Craig’s little joke on their blog at the expense of the numerous BBC TV staff covering the EU Summit in Lisbon. Most commercial broadcasters think the BBC is vastly over-staffed even after these cuts. Back home in my street talking to a good friend and BBC TV producer, however, and you understand why the axe hurts.