Viewing Descriptions on a podcast?

This is so broken, I just can't believe Apple doesn't know about it.
So I'm listening to a podcast, right? And I want to see the show notes. On my old 5G iPod, I hit the button a few times, a few screens scroll by, and there they are. If it's a song, I do the same, and if there are lyrics entered, it shows me those. It knows the difference. Easy.
On the Touch? You can only get lyrics when you tap on the screen. Never a Description. If you're seeing a Description, you're seeing it because the podcast producer knows about this bug and is pasting their information in the Lyrics field as well. Which they shouldn't have to do, and in fact most don't.
This *drives me nuts* that Apple screwed this up, and then has the audacity to run those Mac/PC ads talking about how great they are and then playing fast and loose with the truth when it comes to the PC side.
Has anyone managed to get Apple's ear about this, and what did they say, if so?

Did you read this part?
If you're seeing a Description, you're seeing it because the podcast producer
knows about this bug and is pasting their information in the Lyrics field as
well. Which they shouldn't have to do, and in fact most don't.
What you call "lazy" I call "not wanting to implement a crappy duct-tape workaround so that Apple will actually be inspired to fix their bugs."

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