What's the point of this?
Ofcom has fined the BBC £150,000 over the lewd phone calls Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand made to actor Andrew Sachs on Radio 2 last year.
A broadcasting company, paid for by us, is being made to hand over a cheque to a regulatory body, paid for by us. It's the public sector equivalent of pushing documents round the desk to appear busy when the boss is looking, isn't it?
Now if it was Jonathan Ross stumping up ...
