but elizabeth williams thought it was given too much time. bbc breakfast editor richard frediani told us, it wasn t just breakfast that covered the post office scandal extensively this week. that was true of most bbc outlets, and indeed the media in general. but why did it take a tv drama to bring the issue to such prominence? even one as powerful as this. tthey say money somehow gone missing from this branch, which it hasn t, and i have to pay it back, which i won t. so i say, prove it. prove that i m wrong and you re right. show me the figures . but they can t or won t do that. so now they want to close me down to shut me up because they don t want everyone knowing what i know. which is? that the fancy new computer system that they ve spent an arm and a leg on is faulty. chris williams emailed us to say, it has taken an itv drama and an anonymous viewer had the same concern. well, ifjournalism has been found wanting here, and we ll be exploring that question in a moment,
Inquiry, as you can see they are looking at some of the e mails that have been sent, lets have a listen into some of the inquiry at the moment. ~ u, into some of the inquiry at the moment into some of the inquiry at the moment. ~ u,. ,. , into some of the inquiry at the moment. ~ ,. ,. ,. , moment. We can see an email from nick wallis. Moment. We can see an email from nick wallis. The moment. We can see an email from nick wallis, the journalist, moment. We can see an email from nick wallis, the journalist, dated nick wallis, thejournalist, dated 16 december 2014. Nick wallis, the journalist, dated 16 december 2014. Nick wallis, thejournalist, dated 16 december 2014. Yes. To mark davis, 16 december 2014. Yes. To mark davis. Who 16 december 2014. Yes. To mark davis, who was 16 december 2014. Yes. To mark davis, who was essentially in charge of post offices media and communications, is that right . Yes. And mr wallace communications, is that right . Yes. And mr wallace says, communication
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Now on bbc news, panorama. Tonight on panorama shocking new evidence about a national scandal. Ive never heard of anything like it at all. Its a quite extraordinary story. We reveal how the post office ruined hundreds of lives. Theyve been lying, not just to the postmaster, to everybody. Theyve been lying from day one. The post office knew its Computer System could make money go missing, but they accused staff of stealing anyway. Its chilling. I mean, my blood ran cold. And postmasters were jailed because bosses kept the truth from coming out. You cant create this kind of injustice on people, and then just walk away
with it scot free. For ten years, ive been investigating a scandal at one of our most loved institutions. It may turn out to be one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in british history. The post office prosecuted hundreds of postmasters over missing money. Postmasters like Janet Skinner. Here. This blue bit. Yeah, it is a police station. Still a police station. Yep. Yea