connection we have with that person. whilst i m making no allegations whatsoever against any of the individuals and this must be investigated with rigour and fairness, the absence of any criminal charges is very, very significant. so the bbc must investigate, and must investigate whether huw broke any of the editorial guidelines or any of the principles of the bbc s employment contracts under which he works. i hope the bbc will do that thoroughly and rigorously and i hope they will also do it quickly. what it does now begin to suggest that what we ve got here is a much more nuanced situation that originally appeared to be this case what might others have done wrong in order trying to extract things for him? , ., order trying to extract things for him? , ., ., ., ., him? let s re oin laura trant in the newsroom. the sun made a statement in the past hour. as the sun made a statement in the past hour. , ,, ., the sun made a statement in the past hour. ,,4~ ,, 4 the sun
be worse. we are moving into the era of deep fake videos. it will be absolutely convincing. we therefore have to make even more rigorous attempts to check allegations before he could broadcast them. we ve got ai coming i think all of us need to be very aware of this and make sure that we test the evidence before we go public. as well as understanding that personal consequences. of course we have to hold people to account, and of course you and bbc news must be scrupulous in the way they report. but let s make sure we re notjust airing allegations that no one has checked and no one knows about. in the previous segment, you are talking about these allegations of inappropriate comments made by allegedly huw
think all of us need to be very aware of this and make sure that we tested the evidence before we go public. as well as understanding that personal consequences for the people involved in this. of course we have to hold people to account, and of course you in bbc news must be scrupulous in the way you report. i think you have been. let s make sure we re notjust airing allegations that nobody checked on. in the previous segment, you were talking about these allegations of inappropriate comments made by allegedly huw edwards. in the way which an older person talks to a younger person, there s a massive element of a confusing. i as an older person frankly i m not sure often what words to use and what is appropriate. we re negotiating difficult territory here. it s clear
forward with it. tucker: she says she s been sexually abused, assaulted, harassed by a famous entertainment executive. by famous entertainment executive but also by a host of extra. the host from extra was in the nbc family. it premieres on various networks owned and operated by nbc. so it goes to show that nbc is comfortable airing allegations that they are against the right type of people. if it is against someone within nbc s family, they are not willing to go forward. tucker: that doesn t sound like journalism to me. no, it s not. it s really one of those issues and re-say this is incredibly damaging for nbc s credibility. going forward, when we go to the news, we hope that they are going to actually report the news, that they re not going to pick and choose heroes. that s exactly what seems to be happening here. tucker: of course. the people around the place are still there. absolutely.