BBC director general Tim Davie and two of his predecessors, Tony Hall and John Birt, have eaten large helpings of humble pie under intense questioning from British lawmakers over the Princess Diana…
The three men appeared in front of British Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday to discussHall, who only stepped down as director general last year, said he was “sorry for the hurt caused” by the affair, which has been
Hall said told lawmakers his deliberation was “wrong” in light of Dyson’s conclusions. He added that the BBC gave Bashir a “second chance” because he had been “contrite” about his actions. “The thing I remember most vividly about this is he ended up in tears,” the former director general recalled. Hall told lawmakers that “we were lied to [by Bashir] and our trust was misplaced.” In a blistering assessment, Birt called Bashir a “serial liar” and “skilled confidence trickster,” adding that “it’s extremely difficult to catch a fraudster.” He described the interview as “one of the biggest crimes in the history of broadcasting.”
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