
Coverage of the data presented in Ofcom's Communications Market Report indicates that many correspondents are not at their best when dealing with statistics. But Ofcom themselves don't make it particularly easy to do anything other than misinterpret the data.

Despite protestations from a number of Guardian/Observer readers (and the odd columnist) that there wasn't much of a story in BBC executives' expenses, now here's a second round. There is even less of a story this time.

ITN newscaster Alastair Stewart calls for a "Beeching style enquiry" into the BBC to assess whether its services are all really "necessary and viable". What a ridiculous idea.

If we're keeping DAB, we need to upgrade it to use modern codecs. But why not skip all that and move the "radio space" to IP networks? However, you can't do that until there is a national broadband infrastructure that will need a lot more than copper-based 2Mb/s. So until then, maybe keeping FM is the thing to do…

Protest over BBC Gaza appeal veto Let me first state my position. I personally am very much in favour of support for the Gaza Crisis Appeal. Just looking at the pictures of dreadful injuries, UN schools shelled, the use of...