Journalists play the "Freedom of the Press" card.

"The worst thing that could come out of the Hutton report would be for journalists to become timid in the face of government attempts to manipulate the news agenda."

No. The worst thing, from their point of view, would be to rescind the tax that subsidizes the BBC, and make them all go get real jobs. The best thing for the people would be if the BBC had to pay its own way.