This statement without any malice, really, and just lay out the facts. yes, i think she s commendably seized the initiative, and one can only imagine seized the initiative, and one can only imagine the seized the initiative, and one can only imagine the distress - seized the initiative, and one can only imagine the distress within l only imagine the distress within that family. but i think the sun has to answer questions about what evidence they had originally why they published without contacting they published without contacting the teenager, why they barely reported his denial, what privacy rights they considered came into play in the absence of any criminal behaviour, and why nobody from the sun has made any interviews or presented themselves, or any evidence over the last five days. i think that contrasts markedly with the behaviour of the bbc, which to my mind has gone overboard in
Channel five executive, thank you forjoining us. as someone who had the responsibility for running a channel yourself, just what are your reflections on what we ve learned today, in light of that, how the bbc has handled the situation? weill. today, in light of that, how the bbc has handled the situation?- has handled the situation? well, i think the bbc has handled the situation? well, i think the bbc has has handled the situation? well, i think the bbc has been has handled the situation? well, i think the bbc has been at - has handled the situation? well, i think the bbc has been at fault. has handled the situation? well, i | think the bbc has been at fault but not for the reasons that have been advanced by other commentators. the bbc allowed this to become a bbc story, when it isn t a bbc story. a tv presenter does x, y or z, otherwise foolish, inappropriate, whatever it might be, it s a story about a bbc presenter. the bbc, financing it will do an investigation and saying tha
Regard for him now. he s an enormously generous man, a man who s done a great deal to help many others in the bbc during their careers and was always willing to work extremely hard and with enormous professionalism. so, i ve heard his name for many days, but i ve always hoped it would turn out not to be true. it is a genuine personal tragedy for huw edwards, a nationalfigure personal tragedy for huw edwards, a national figure who has personal tragedy for huw edwards, a nationalfigure who has been placed at the centre of a scandal in which clearly he has some role, and that is in itself tragic for hugh and his family. but he is someone who will be remembered very affectionately, and i very much hope there will be a be remembered very affectionately, and i very much there will be a and i very much hope there will be a way back for huw edwards in some way back for huw edwards in some way, because he s an enormously way, because he s an enormously talented man and it s terribly sad to hear
Pounds for people who claim they intruded into their privacy, there s just no reporting of that. so commendably, the bbc does look into itself. but when the bbc last night was leading it s 10pm noon for 13 minutes, beginning with was leading it s10pm noon for 13 minutes, beginning with the story about huw edwards using a dating app 10pm news, that seems to have lost any sense of proportion. 10pm news, that seems to have lost any sense of proportion. where to our lost any sense of proportion. where to your mind. lost any sense of proportion. where to your mind. as lost any sense of proportion. where to your mind, as you lost any sense of proportion. where to your mind, as you say, lost any sense of proportion. where to your mind, as you say, if- lost any sense of proportion. where to your mind, as you say, if that s l to your mind, as you say, if that s a loss of a sense of proportion, where is that coming from? because let s not forget, this is a story that on social media
Man. but they didn t, i think they hoped they could go to the bbc into naming a guilty man. so what we ve had is five days of really cruel behaviour to everybody concerned, including the innocent, which must be undeniable at the time. i see the sun. a story around an hour ago on the sun s website, the headline, the top bbc presenter who paid a child for sex pictures could face years in prison, expert says. that was a strong implication behind the story, and yet the police have come out tonight and said there was no evidence of criminal behaviour. incredible when you think about, really, considering everything that had been said, incredible how strong his wife must ve been to put out