The whole PolitiFact ruckus has the feel of traditional newspaper journalism (despite the new-ish fact-checking approach) whipsawed by forces it cannot grasp.
Under their new(ish) chairman, Bill Cash, this committee has repeatedly used its power to force debates on European issues onto the floor of the House - the debates may be dominated by the usual Eurosceptic suspects, but at least this House of Commons is being asked to take notice of issues that once tended to be waved through.
He even demoed the unit on a new Toshiba 52-ish inch 1080p DLP, which did the progressive deinterlace conversion on the set, so I assume most 1080p sets will do the same with interlaced content.