him a second chance we, the team, give him a second chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. tony hall was a popular and respected director general at the bbc, but, cutting an anguished figure, he pleaded today that his 35 years of public service should not be coloured by his trusting a liar in the 1990s. lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall s judgement in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed notjust by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation,
because reaction to prince william s quote because when he says notjust by a rogue because when he says notjust by a rogue reporter but by leaders at the bbc, he rogue reporter but by leaders at the bbc, he is rogue reporter but by leaders at the bbc, he is talking about you there, isn t he? bbc, he is talking about you there, isn t he? we bbc, he is talking about you there, isn t he? ~ , ., ., , isn t he? we did before it was right at the time. isn t he? we did before it was right at the time, investigating - isn t he? we did before it was right at the time, investigating martin i at the time, investigating martin bashir, not once but twice and i have a huge amount of respect for the prince, i have worked with him on various things in the past. and i am deeply sorry for the heart this has caused to him and i really don t want to make that clear. haste has caused to him and i really don t want to make that clear. want to make that clear. have you soken to want to make t
secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall s judgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royalfamily, for the two princes, and i m sorry for the hurt that caused. that s why i m very surprised that you have no recollection. - the committee also interrogated lord birt, who was director general in the 1990s. he emphasised the manipulative nature of martin bashir.
lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about all s judgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royalfamily, for the two princes, and i m sorry for the hurt that caused. that s why i m very surprised that you have no recollection. - the committee also interrogated lord birt, who was director general in the 1990s.
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