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Britain
BBC chief vows to stay after apology to Queen
2007-07-14
The head of BBC One said on Friday he would not resign after the broadcaster was forced to apologise to the Queen for wrongly implying that she had stormed out of a photo shoot. The BBC blamed a production company for sending it clips edited out of sequence which implied the monarch had lost her temper when asked to remove her crown. The promotional trailer for a documentary, which was shown to media on Wednesday, wrongly gave the impression that the Queen had then stormed out of the shoot with American celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Peter Fincham, the BBC One controller who presented the footage to journalists, said he had portrayed the events unaware that they gave a false impression. "What is regrettable is the mistake that was made in the editing of this particular sequence," he said. "That came to light, came to my attention well after the presentation. That's why I'm here to apologise for it."
Posted by:Fred

#3  unaware that they gave a false impression

Really out of the ordinary for the BBC. Usually they are aware.
Posted by: DMFD   2007-07-14 14:00  

#2  They got Capone on tax evasion, not racketeering or murder or ...

The Beeb doesn't grasp that it isn't just disliked, it is hated as much as it hates. It just takes the right excuse to give the other guys the means to 'do on to others, as you've done to them'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-07-14 09:01  

#1  "I presided over an inexcusable screw-up that utterly destroyed the BBC's remaining credibility, true, but that's hardly a firing offense, now, is it?"
Posted by: Mike   2007-07-14 07:39  

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