Cakes, to have and to eat

The BBC's Editor of Live Political Programmes, a certain Rob Burley (who we may possibly have mentioned here before, from time to time, once in a blue moon), is issuing a heartfelt plea tonight:

Twitter, you can (and do) shout and abuse, but at least read my bio. Those shows are literally the only ones I can answer for. They don’t include the news or QT or Today. Just so you know you are wasting your time if you message me about them. Sorry.

His far-left critics aren't buying it:

Unless, of course, you feel the need to respond to comments/complaints about other shows or BBC news outlets. As you have done when it suits e.g. Remembrance Day “mistake” and Johnson (not) being laughed at editing “mistake”.

Much as I like Rob and admire the way he engages, his far-left critics here do have a point. Though there's never any excuse for abuse, and those who engage in such behaviour are a disgrace, he does sometimes have his cake and eat it by defending the BBC against criticism of programmes which fall well outside those mentioned in his bio. And if he does that then, surely, he lays himself open to being questioned about those programmes too, doesn't he?