I've reached the point where i can no longer have any respect for the facile opinions of BBC Sport, Sky Sports etc, Match of the Day Three for instance talking about the war of words between Mourinho and Wenger saying of Mourinho "he seems like the kind of individual who would take any comment put in his direction with a pinch of salt?"

Are they fucking serious....Mourinho is the most thin skinned individual in the game, these spiteful remarks he has made himself infamous for have come as a result of perceiving insults or criticism at him, the guy is a clinical narcissist everything about his personality suggests this. It's not an insult it just happens to be how the evidence presents itself, Narcissistic individuals often try to undermine the achievements of others around them, they are spiteful and bullying towards those around them and it's based on a deep seated self-loathing which paradoxically represents itself as morbid self love and the need to react defensively and aggressively towards any perceived threat to this.
The amount of ad hominem remarks the guy has made about other managers says it all, if anything i think Mourinho is more irked by Wenger than the other way round.
Because he is in a position where he has so much attention lavished on him it feeds his condition and arguably some aspects of his narcissism makes him effective in the job he does, but ultimately it's a self-destructive malady.