Normally the BBC doesn’t need a second invitation to toot its own trumpet

on BBC Views Online’s Entertainment page whenever they think there’s half an excuse to do so, whether it’s an award gained or a minor ratings triumph over ITV or whatever.

Strangely, there’s a BBC entertainment related story just now that hasn’t made it on to Views Online’s Entertainment page. For some reason, Casting Director ‘groped’ actors, has been hidden away in the London/South section at the bottom of the England page, that well known hidey-hole for stuff the BBC feels it ought to report but doesn’t really want anyone to see.

Even within the story, the name BBC doesn’t get mentioned until the fourth paragraph. What’s the betting that if the story concerned an ITV casting director that it would have been on the Entertainment page and that ITV would have been in the headline or at least the first paragraph?

The BBC. It’s what we do…