No. No Blinkers here.
The whole point is that the BBC, having made an appalling mistake (which it was, undoubtedly, Amazing that it hadn't happened years ago, judging by my archive. I could tell stories that would make your hair curl!).The Mail on Sunday had some stringer monitoring programmes etc. just waiting to pounce. And when they found something, they did.
Yes, If it had been the Sun Star Mirror, they would have done the same.
And of course all these tabloids are so squeaky clean are they? Ever heard of Page 3??
And Greg. It's unlikely that the pair of them even remember recording the damn piece.
They would have trusted their editors to make it "Fit for Broadcast"

Stupid Boys.