It would be lovely if another man with similar status at the BBC stood up and said how ridiculous it was With Statistics, though. I mean, I can see why they would think that it wasn't their place and that a woman should answer this kind of charge, but it does make it seem men-vs.-womeny rather than common-sense-vs.-being-a-wankery.

It would indeed. Although I can't help wondering if whoever wrote the article simply went direct to Frostrup because it made a nice "boyz v. girlz" story. It would be genuinely interesting to see other prominent male BBC employees be asked whether they agreed with Paxo.