http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpNravrwZc

Judging by the reaction in the various forms of media I'm not the only person who found the above slip of the tongue funny but I am slightly curious why certain people, no doubt egged on by the tabloid press, spit feathers at bad language when used by those they do not approve of. James Naughtie made a genuine mistake when he called the Culture Secretary Jeremy Cunt rather than Hunt and his response is the funniest part of his error and the first time I heard it I was unsure whether he was laughing or crying, but those who disapprove make no complaint, rightly so, at this even when the mistake is reproduced on YouTube and other areas as above and easily accessible via Twitter and the like. I am aware that I am also contributing to this and that is the point: more people are likely to get upset about the number of rude words in a programme even if broadcast after the watershed than when a simple error is exacerbated in this way. Those that did complain are obviously perfect and not prone to human error and not the sort to lambast the BBC at every opportunity.
   Curiously when Andrew Marr repeated the exact same mistake a few hours later he was discussing the incident as a Freudian slip when he did the same. As a Freudian slip is supposed to reveal a suppressed belief are we to assume that either James Naughtie or Andrew Marr really thinks that Jeremy Hunt is a cunt. If so I wonder if he would be as willing to laugh it off as he did on Twitter.