BBC Chief Resigns over Shoddy Journalism

[scribblet]

Is this just the tip of the iceberg as far journalism goes, not just in the U.K. but with N. A. also? IMO it is, our own media needs to look at how it uses innuendo and speculation to drive an issue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20286198

A "thorough, radical, structural overhaul" of the BBC is necessary in the wake of the resignation of the director general, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has said.

George Entwistle quit on Saturday after a controversial Newsnight report led to a former Tory treasurer being wrongly accused as a child abuser.

(Reuters) -

Britain's BBC must undergo a radical overhaul in the wake of "shoddy" journalism which led to the resignation of its chief or its future will be in doubt, the head of the state-funded broadcaster's governing body said on Sunday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/11/entertainment-us-britain-bbc-idUSBRE8A90HJ20121111

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Apparently he gets a 1.3 million pounds severence package.

Why are people rewarded so for making a mess of things?

[scribblet]

Depends on their contract I suppose. I kinda feel sorry for him, he didn't know about before they aired it, but I doubt Chiefs know everything thing that is aired, they rely on their staff and managers I would think.

edited for spelling

Edited November 12, 2012 by scribblet