Yep, the false notion of two sides that must somehow be balanced has a lot to answer for.

The BBC can do debates when there is genuinely an unclear issue. When there is an expert giving their opinion, there should be no opportunity for challenge from a loudmouthed simpleton from Tufton Street, or other propaganda factory du jour.

As for the problem of who decides what is factual, ensure the BBC can be sued pro bono, and let the courts decide what is true, as usual.

I gave up on the BBC a long time ago. Not even the World Service is worthy my attention anymore.

I cannot believe that the public service broadcaster of my youth has turned into yet another news service fawning to the extreme right-wing concept of "balance" in reporting.

The cartoon clearly illustrates how that kind of "balance" works in practice.

Considering what the Nazis did, Hitler is even scarier when you understand German. I've been teaching myself the German language, as a British person.

Non-speakers hear Hitler and to them it sounds like a lunatic thug shouting wildly into a microphone.

When you start to understand the words, you hear that he says at the start of each speech, something like: "Ladies and gentleman, fellow compatriots,", followed by numerous references to then-current affairs - he sounds like Trump.