But that's capitalism for you. Today's headline is a handful of Beeb personalities. They're the tip of the iceberg. It happens in football, tennis, ITV, banking and all big corporations. I think it's healthy that the Beeb has to account for itself. It isn't quite so healthy to see Daily Mailism afflicting the discussion. By the way, Paul Dacre, the Mail's editor, gets £1.5 million a year. Adrian Chiles left the Beeb because he got a far more lucrative package from ITV, £4 million versus his £200,000 at the BBC. Guess who pays for that. You do. Ant and Dec, for chrissake, get £30 million over three years at ITV. I hate them but I pay just as much for them through the stuff I buy as you do.    And so on. It ain't right but it's the world we live in, and the world is a lot bigger than just the BBC.

What seems far more relevant to me is the apparent gender pay gap that's been exposed. I think the BBC has a lot of questions to answer there, but as ever we have ensure that, in terms of equivalent work done by two people being compared, we're actually comparing like for like.