In the days following the Manchester atrocity, a Radio Four reporter was interviewing eye witnesses about what they saw.

Which is perfectly natural, of course, because if you want to piece together a picture of what happened you either talk to those who witnessed it or wait until all the details are revealed by the US media.

However, even this most traditional of storytelling devices is now perceived as an attack by the evil media. At least one tweet condemned the BBC for gross intrusion as a result of asking “what did you see?” to an eye witness. An eye witness! The clue’s in the description.