[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20509003

Some of the other key exchanges included:

• Lord Patten was asked about Mr Entwistle's performance at the culture committee on 23 October and he said it was not the first time someone had been "monstered" by a select committee
• The acting director general, Tim Davie, told the committee the BBC was not "falling apart" but said staff obviously had concerns and were "aghast at the failings" in the second Newsnight programme
• Mr Davie said: "It was a bad editorial mistake and there will be consequences"
• Lord Patten said the BBC and its licence fee-payers would have to bear the costs of the internal Pollard Review, which he is expecting to be completed by Christmas
• The committee was told the Pollard Review had cost £200,000 in legal costs so far
• During a testy exchange with Philip Davies, a Conservative MP, Lord Patten was asked if he was seen by some BBC executives as a "patsy"
• He also reacted angrily to one particular line of questioning by Mr Davies, who asked him how many hours he spent at the BBC - saying it was reported he had up to 13 other "jobs" while he was "presiding over the shambles at the BBC"
• He refused Mr Davies's request to provide a breakdown of his time spent on BBC work, saying the question was "impertinent"
• Lord Patten said the other jobs he had did not take up much of his time, and he pointed out that one of those was Chancellor of Oxford University, a job Harold Macmillan had carried out while he was prime minister

"Fatcat" Patten a real pro, treating the Committee with the contempt he thinks that they deserve .....