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Britain’s storied BBC is preparing for its centennial next year, but the public broadcaster has been plunged into a major crisis of trust, linked to a notorious television interview with Princess Diana a quarter-century ago, and is now finding itself heading into a fight for its very survival. Last week, an independent inquiry led by…
BBC Under Mounting Pressure Over Princess Diana Interview
Voice of America
25 May 2021, 23:35 GMT+10
Britain s storied BBC is preparing for its centennial next year, but the public broadcaster has been plunged into a major crisis of trust, linked to a notorious television interview with Princess Diana a quarter-century ago, and is now finding itself heading into a fight for its very survival.
Last week, an independent inquiry led by a former judge, John Dyson, found that an explosive 1995 BBC interview with Princess Diana had been secured through deception, fraud and forgery. As the publicly-funded BBC prides itself on its high ethical standards and transparency, the finding is calamitous, say opponents, including lawmakers and media rivals.
Yes, Martin Bashir used forgery and falsehood, but the response has been an epic groundswell of hypocrisy
The BBC made âterrible errors, terribly covered upâ. BBC Broadcasting House. Photograph: Hufton+Crow-View/Alamy Stock Photo
The BBC made âterrible errors, terribly covered upâ. BBC Broadcasting House. Photograph: Hufton+Crow-View/Alamy Stock Photo
Tue 25 May 2021 04.00 EDT
Last modified on Tue 25 May 2021 07.48 EDT
The BBC crashes out of the sky, again. The forgery and falsehood used by Martin Bashir to help work his way into Diana, Princess of Walesâs confidence was despicable, her sonsâ outrage inevitable. It remains inexplicable that the BBC branded him still âan honourable manâ, though the fateful rehiring in 2016 appears more cock-up than conspiracy: Tony Hall didnât know until too late; James Harding, the ex-Times editor, had never heard what everyone knew about Bashirâs skulduggery. These were terrible errors, terribly
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2:10 PM May 1, 2021
The fifth incarnation of the Sea Fever poetry and prose festival will take place at Wells Maltings in late June
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A literary festival, celebrating all forms of the written word inspired by the coastline, is set to return to North Norfolk this summer.
The fifth incarnation of the Sea Fever poetry and prose festival will take place at Wells Maltings in late June and aims to celebrate the country s emergence from the pandemic.
Sea Fever is North Norfolk’s festival of poetry and prose, was launched in 2018 as a predecessor to the established Poetry-next-the-Sea festival and to coincide with the re-opening of Wells Maltings.