Regular readers will know that TheEye detests the BBC and so Newsnight Review would only have been a watch if we were live-blogging it over on Biased-BBC in a state of fury. However this was so interesting that it merits a post. They were reviewing In The Loop and State of Play.

Michael Portillo and Ian Hislop go head to head and you’ve got to ask how they fell out so badly. Armando Iannucci gets a great review from Hislop and a slating from Portillo. Clemency Bishop-Hill, to be completely honest, would get it if TheEye had half a chance.

However about 15 mins into the programme, Ian Hislop attacks bloggers in general and Guido specifically over the McBride/Draper scandal. How hypocritical is that? Maybe it’s because Guido beat Private Eye to the drop….or because he realises that his magazine (and others) are toast as we all now look to blogs for real news.

Never thought this would be typed on this blog but Newsnight Review on 17th April is actually worth a watch…if only to enjoy Hislop look like an idiot and also to have a letch at Clemency. Don’t go beyound 22 mins as it descends into the usual retentive luvvie taxpayer-funded cant.