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Peter Rhodes on balance bikes, romping on TV and an embarrassing moment with Auntie Beeb

Some readers wondered why commentators spent so much time condemning the BBC's refusal to use the word “terrorist,” as though it doesn't matter. But it does.

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Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on balance bikes, romping on TV and an embarrassing moment with Auntie Beeb
Matilda De Angelis as Lidia Poët

It matters because the BBC should deal honestly with its viewers and not treat them as idiots. In a world where nothing matters more than trust, the BBC was found lacking last week. As a new week starts, let's hope Auntie gets a grip.

Incidentally, there is no truth in one reader's scandalous assertion that I have a downer on the BBC because they rejected me for a job.