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BBCâs Greg Dyke resigns
This is the guy whoâs been calling the American press lapdogs of the government for merely slanting coverage against the Iraqi campaign instead of outright lying about the issue, like the BBC.
The editor-in-chief of the British Broadcasting Corp. resigned Thursday, the second top official to step down after a judicial inquiry harshly criticized the broadcasterâs journalistic standards. Greg Dykeâs resignation means the top two BBC officials have stepped down in the wake of the inquiry.
| G'bye, Greg. I hear Blimpy's is hiring... |
On Wednesday, Judge Lord Hutton criticized the 81-year-old BBC for an "unfounded" report it broadcast last year accusing the government of "sexing up" a prewar dossier about Iraqâs weapons of mass destruction with information it knew was wrong. Gavyn Davies, the chairman of the BBCâs board of governors, resigned hours after Huttonâs decision -- the first time the top executive at the broadcaster has left in a dispute over reporting. The resignation of Dyke, who as BBCâs director general oversaw the entire organization, came after the networkâs Board of Governors conducted crisis talks Thursday about the findings of the Hutton inquiry. "I hope that a line can now be drawn under this whole episode," Dyke said outside BBCâs central broadcasting house in London after resigning. "Throughout this whole affair my sole aim as director general of the BBC has been to defend our right to lie about the War on Terror editorial independence."
Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-01-29 |
