Not directly connected to Pete or Berties, but regarding the BBC.
About 2 years ago I made a complaint to the BBC about something on CBBC. My daughters liked to watch a programme about kids trying to find partners for their single Mum/Dad. The kids involved would interview potential partners, and in one episode they had a bloke recite his favourite limerick.
It went...
'There was a young lady called Vicky,
in men she was quite picky,
she didn't like the French,
because the stench,
of their breath made her feel quite sicky.'
I complained to the BBC saying that this was racist, I pointed out that they wouldn't dream of letting this through if it was about Asians, Blacks, Muslims or the Irish.
They squirmed, came up with feeble excuses such as 'It was just a joke (to which I replied 'try using that as a defence to racism in the Crown Court..it was just a joke').
Of course one of the things they said was the old 'Sorry if you were offended'.
It went backwards and forwards for months and in the end I just said 'Look, I know you were in the wrong, you know you were in the wrong, but you just can't bring yourselves to admit it'.
Different subject but the same attitude.