Friday flap - and dog photo

Nothing like a Friday flap at the BBC, is there?  As PR men and women are sent out and about on Twitter to redress the reputation of Mark Thompson, who idly pondered whether BBC News coverage of the Olympics might tilt a little towards other flags, dear old Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 stokes the fire again with a debate on whether or not the BBC has been "too patriotic".

Stuck in the middle is BBC News chief Helen Boaden, whose robust email interpretation of Thommo's gentle suggestion, reads rather too robustly - which suggests it was not meant for general consumption, and definitely not the Daily Mail.

• Not all BBC Twitterers are on message with the Thommo protection plan. This gentleman is trending for a picture of a dog dressed as two dogs carrying a present.