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2007-07-14 | |||
The BBC has launched a wide-ranging internal investigation into the mistakes that led the controller of BBC1 to claim that the Queen had walked out of a photoshoot "in a huff". Last night a senior BBC figure said the whole episode revealed a "catastrophic" failure of management. "If you are going to show footage of the Queen having a hissy fit to the press then you have got to make sure of what you are showing," the source said. Yesterday the row showed no sign of abating. Former BBC chairman Michael Grade, who now runs ITV, told the Today programme he saw a wider problem in broadcasting because an influx of young, inexperienced people.
The internal inquiry ordered by senior BBC executives will seek to discover how the mistakes were made - not just regarding the latest row with Buckingham Palace but also in the phone line controversy that engulfed Blue Peter recently.
BBC Vision director Jana Bennett is understood to be overseeing the internal review of procedures. It is understood that she was particularly angry that another row about deception had blown up just as the BBC was attempting to draw a line under the Blue Peter phone line fiasco, which saw the corporation fined £50,000 for "serious management failings". Following the meeting the BBC issued a new statement in which RDF took the blame for the editing of the tape that was shown to journalists.
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Posted by:lotp |
#4 The BBC is basically far left secular gays. Especially in their news and editorial divisions. It has always been pro-Islam, anti-Judeo/Christian values and very much anti-American. And all of this on license fees that are outrageous. Sooner or later the British public will finally rebel and just refuse to pay the license fee. Imagine if 25 million people just said no! |
Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-07-14 16:57 |
#3 British Broadcasting Comintern: We are in an age today where there has been a huge influx of young talent into the industry as it expands. They have not been trained properly funny even without "training" each piece of the "young new talent" winds up imbued with the anti-America, Hate Bush Spirit. The BBC Meme. |
Posted by: RD 2007-07-14 12:00 |
#2 Quick, find a Scapegoat. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-07-14 10:36 |
#1 "We got caught and we're really, really sorry about it" I think the new talent doesn't understand *how* to lie effectively. You just put bias into your material, you don't lie outright. |
Posted by: gromky 2007-07-14 06:55 |