Across the bbc, as she wrote to us after watching the lunchtime news. Meanwhile, some wider issues have also been exercising newswatch viewers over the past weeks and months. Phehmie forder emailed us earlier in the summer to say. And Sandra Hume added. The bbc has asked Huw Edwards to return the £200,000 he earned after being arrested in november, but he has not yet done so. Should he, though, have been sacked at that time . Director general Tim Davie was asked about that at a house of lords Communications Committee Hearing last week. The police were, you know, giving us very clear instruction to keep confidential, as is, again, well documented and well reported. We knew the category, we had no knowledge at all of the specifics. And, you know, the decision which i stand by, by the way, was made in terms of to remain with the suspension. Tim davie added in an interview this week that there was shock and a lot of upset within the bbc over Huw Edwards, and that people across the organis
Crossing my fingers all week. Thats what weve done for all of them, havent we . Youre crossing your fingers all week . I yep, all week. And then you said shes died from the incident. Holly fitzgerald was one of a number of viewers who contacted us about that interview, writing. The bbc s coverage of the appalling incident in southport has been excellent, and Judith Moritz is one of my favourite reporters, but i was deeply uncomfortable with this interview. It felt inappropriate and insensitive to be asking a child about this terrible event, even if her mother was with her. Maggie gabbe added. Soon after the attack, an article started spreading widely on Social Media that included a false name for the alleged assailant, and wrongly suggested he was an Asylum Seeker who arrived in the Uk By Boat Last year. That rumour seems to have been a factor in the violence that followed, and it was only three days after the killings that a Court Ruling allowed Media Organisations to broadcast the na
Speculation itself, notjust online, but across newspapers and broadcast media, too. It was back at the top of bbc ones headlines throughout the following day. Last night, the first of five News Agencies issued dramatically worded kill notices withdrawing the photo due to what the agency said were inconsistencies in the image. Then this morning, a social media post from the princess of wales herself, where she admitted altering the image. She said. Since Kensington Palace announced in january that the princess had undergone Abdominal Surgery providing no further details and asking for privacy theres been a growing tide of online rumours and Conspiracy Theories about her. But did the bbc this week abide by that request for privacy, or did it fuel the fire of those rumours . Hundreds of people sent us their views on this, including julie northeast, who wrote. And john stokes asked. Well, another viewer who got in touch with us this week was david force, and he joins us now down the line.
There at the high court. For the next a0 minutes or so, the Bbc News Channel stayed on live pictures of the outside of the courtroom, awaiting what turned out to be a rather brief shot of the duke leaving the building Chris Collins echoed that who thought. We asked bbc news for their response to those points and they told us. Although there were many cameras outside the courtroom, there werent any inside, which meant reporters had to relay what was going on via live online updates or wait till they were outside the high court to summarise what had been said on television. The only visual material of what happened in court via drawings by the courtroom artist, although sky news filmed a ginger bearded actor voicing prince harrys words. Tom boadle tweeted. Well, lets discuss this issue of whether there should be more tv tv cameras allowed in british courts with the legal commentator joshua rosenberg, who, of course, spent 15 years as the bbc s legal correspondent. Thank you so much for c
after day of this item leading news bulletins is excessive . the situation is obviously of great concern to the bbc, but, surely, as he cannot be named untilfurther investigations are undertaken, this should be given less prominence than other news about the economy, the effects of climate change, and the war in ukraine . and david robinson suggested, report the facts when they are available and stop adding to the frenzy around who it is . who it was, was revealed on wednesday s news at six as culture editor katie razzael described. katie razzell described. this will come as a huge shock to viewers. we ve had a statement within the last few minutes from vicki flint, who is the wife of huw edwards, who named him as the bbc presenter facing allegations and said about her husband that, he was suffering from serious mental health issues and is now receiving in patient hospital care . later that evening, other bbc news outlets aired new allegations about huw edwards, and the co