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BBC board announces new review of effectiveness of editorial policies and governance
Jeremy Vine said it s hard to disagree that police should launch criminal probe
Shared piece written by former-chief prosecutor for North West Nazir Afzal
Said police cannot hold back any longer and must consider probing Bashir
Charges including forgery, pecuniary advantage by deception or misconduct in public office
Key conclusions of today s bombshell report that brought shame on the BBC
The BBC s global reputation has been badly tarnished by Martin Bashir s treatment of Princess Diana and the broadcaster s subsequent actions, a senior minister said today.
Culture minister John Whittingdale told MPs the probe into the 1995 Panorama interview scandal makes shocking reading as the Commons discussed the scandal.
He said that it details not just an appalling failure to uphold basic journalistic standards, but also an unwillingness to investigate complaints and to discover the truth.
The BBC today announced it will launch a review into the effectiveness of its editorial policies and governance as Radio 2 star Jeremy Vine called for a criminal inquiry into Mr Bashir s interview lies and the 25-year cover-up that followed.
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An atmosphere of “total contempt” coloured all dealings of BBC managers with their board of governors in 1995, as journalist Martin Bashir and his Panorama bosses were cooking up their covert interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, according to Sir Richard Eyre, who sat on the BBC board at the time. It led to a complete lack of communication about the controversial programme, which has, two and half decades later, now earned the corporation a.