Has trust in the BBC been damaged?

No.

Does any viewer care that Newsnight cancelled the transmission of that segment?

No.

Is, as usual, the media chasing its own self destructive tail?

Yes.

I feel so sorry for James Murdoch and his ambition to destroy the BBC.

This would have been a Perfect Storm if only it happened 3 years ago.

you are right..give it 2 months and business at the BBC as usual.

Some poor bastard will get the sack though.

JK, " media chasing it's own self-destructive tail " but sadly always FAILING to catch it.

Just last night this clown 'phoned clown Tony Livesey's even un-funnier Beeb R. 5 Live/(Undead) so called debate, "Has Trust In the BBC gone?"

One of Tone's bright guests was an ex-14-17 yr old actress from the Swingin' '60s recalling post-show green-rooms hospitality at Beeb, Rediffusion etc. She said that attractive young (including under-age) teens knew to expect senior staff grown men (and wimmin?) offering to "take them home" (code for stopping en-route in a quiet spot for career-boosting, kiss-cuddles-gropes or more).

Clown Tone pretended to act 'shocked' at that not so long-gone(if at all), 'child-abuse' culture, perpetuated/perpetrated by senior media personnel, no doubt many were/are parents with their own kids !

But, hey, maybe even more shocked when this clown called to note that until very recently/2006, senior-media man Tone himself was, er, EDITOR of the sewer of all gutter-tabloids the Daily/Sunday SPORT taking 'Page 3' girls to-the-mad-max (not Waxy) with FRONT AND inside pages of uniforms-in-disarray, spread-legged/white-pants/white socks lolly-sucking 16+, 'SCHOOLGIRLS'. Indeed, until 2003 all Brit Red-top tabloids used/abused? young girls including UNDER-18s some as young as FIFTEEN, with sniggering captions of countdown-days until they were 16 and 'street-legal'.

Just ask not-so-long ago Sam Fox and many more 'icons' of Brit young-girl flesh exposed for grown men and lil boys (plus Lez lil gals n femmes?), ongoing in Page 3 Brit multi-million-selling tabloid cult for greed/ratings/profit started by ? U guessed-it, alien, tax-avoiding multi-billionaire Rupe-for-the-rope.

So, this clown 'phoned to ask a young-sounding femme researcher, "How could the disingenous Livesey act so hypocritically 'shocked' when for 15 years early 1990s - mid 2000s he was among the BRIT BIGGEST national promoters of the 'SCHOOLGIRL' sex-cult - in a long lusty tradition, St Trinians/Carry On/Confessions Of/Page-3 etc ad nauseum.

Natch the Beeb-researcher reply was "Er, we'll call U back to speak on the show."

Unstated subtext "NOT !"

No callback, no change, no surprise - "Carry On Barmy Backward Brits & Beeb In-Denial."

This clown also recalls early-1990s researching at the Sex-SATURATED SPORT, London offices, and asked by one of many VERY attractive young gals working there,"Do U like The SPORT?"

"Er, yeah, but small-complaint, there's too much SPORT in it!"

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ngpk6

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Livesey

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Three

interesting links BallsUp but life is too short to waste 150 minutes listening to Livesey just to hear some dame saying she got touched up.