Hello, good evening everybody. We are back for the latest Roundup of Russell Brand news

of which there is tons as usual. If you go on Google, put Russell Brand in, click news.

You cannot find a single positive article about him. The best I did was found a Financial

Times article that at least pointed out that it was his career in TV, the encouragement

of the TV studios that created that side of him, the headline in the FT's, actually,

Russell Brand learnt his tricks in television studios. So we'll start with that one before

all the others because they just start piling on him with dirt. So Alex Mann, Chief Executive

Channel 4 noted that, Terrible behaviour towards women was historically tolerated in the

industry. The network broadcast an investigation into Russell last week that included the accusations

by four women and we know about all the other allegations that have come in since and

many of you saw his response last night. Channel 4, however, originally helped to turn

Russell Brand from a stand-up comic into a fast-talking trickster who walled his way through

the media by employing him as a presenter on a reality TV show spin-off. The BBC then

used him as a video host before he resigned over the Fax stunt in 2008. At the least, broadcasting

empowered him to become as he puts it very, very promiscuous. Although hands are being

wrong, Mann is right. Many industries used to tolerate abuse of women and even encourage

it as a hazing ritual. I mean, just look at the Benny Hill. Many men took advantage of

that to push their sexual look. But television in the UK and many other places enabled it

in a particular manner. Tim Davy, BBC Director General,

compared TV to other high adrenaline environments such as operating theatres and investment bank

trading floors. When teams led by stars work under pressure and against the clock, it can

be used to excuse abuse. A boss surrounded by acolytes is a dangerous combination.

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