I no longer trust the BBC Trust

Mock The Week in trouble

The clip in question

Now I'm not sure whether the BBC Trust watch Mock The Week often, but its humour almost always fulls under the category of "humiliating" and "risked offending the audience". There's nothing really in the clip above which isn't in keeping with the rest of the show.

The trust's Editorial Standards Committee also concluded that double gold medallist Adlington had not courted publicity or celebrity status, making the personal remarks unjustified.

They added that the makers of Mock The Week, who allowed sexual innuendo and comments about Adlington's appearance to be included, failed to have an editorial reason for including them

It's true she hasn't courted publicity directly, but neither have many people who are still celebrities. I'm thinking the more private musicians and actors. If you enter a public sphere, and, let's face it, sports are a public sphere, then you're fair game. It's hardly as if they tore her to pieces. Also, the editorial reason for including these comments is that THEY'RE FUCKING HILARIOUS. That's all the reason a comedy show ever really needs.

This is just more of the same bullshit fallout from the Brand/Ross thing - they weren't funny, but the reaction was totally overblown. Some people like edgy humour. People that don't can fuck off, rather than trying to abolish that which isn't intended to appeal to them. Unless there's an actual crime being committed, we should realise allowances need to be made for comedy. People's right to offend is greater than people's right to not be offended.

Now compare that to some of these brilliant outtakes