Ever feel that you've been had? Some viewers of BBC Three's reality-cum-consumer advice show The Real Hustle might conceivably feel that they have been duped themselves with the revelation that certain elements of this programme might not be as 'real'...

Every time I hear anything about Jeremy Hunt's plans for a new local TV network, I have this tendency to roll my eyes and sigh. His dream of a network of local TV stations, broadcasting to cities and regions sounds all very grand and good - and desirable. Yet Mr Hunt seems oblivious to the fact that it almost inevitably seems dooned to faliure. Local TV has never worked in Britain.

Apologies in advance to regular Media Blog readers for sounding like a stuck record here, but this sort of thing really shouldn't be done at all. I'm talking here about the BBC's continual insistence of making further cuts to existing...