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ITV Documentary, Newsnight's pulled pieces, Panorama & Utter mess........ (October 2012)

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JC
JCB
bbcsport posted:
Have Newsnight even acknowledged the story over the past few weeks? Apart from anything on the front pages?


Yes, numerous times.
GE
Gareth E
JCB posted:
bbcsport posted:
Have Newsnight even acknowledged the story over the past few weeks? Apart from anything on the front pages?


Yes, numerous times.


In terms of actual reports/items on the story? And the programme's own involvement?

Edit: my apologies, from a quick YouTube search, it seems they indeed have.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Square Eyes posted:
Seems that this is an escalating BBC scandal with the front pages tomorrow, and a 'damning' Panorama documentary tomorrow night on BBC One at 10.35pm.

An unusual circumstance for a BBC documentary strand to be investigating a BBC news programme.

Not sure the new DG will survive this.

Interesting to see that the time has been changed to 10:35pm, as originally it was pencilled in for earlier in the evening....
Quote:
Meanwhile, the BBC is to air a special edition of Panorama, looking into the issues surrounding Savile's years of alleged abuse, on BBC One at 20:30 BST on Monday.

Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20006049

I wonder if this is due to it now being an hour long or whether BBC management have played politics and pushed it to when they hope fewer people will be watching.
LO
Londoner


JO
Jon
Charlie Wells posted:

I wonder if this is due to it now being an hour long or whether BBC management have played politics and pushed it to when they hope fewer people will be watching.

But you'd think the BBC would want to be seen to be doing the right thing though.
DV
DVB Cornwall
Newsnight's editor has now 'stood aside' following further revelations over the weekend, and pending Panorama's report tonight.
MO
Moz
DVB Cornwall posted:
Newsnight's editor has now 'stood aside' following further revelations over the weekend, and pending Panorama's report tonight.

<cough>Scapegoat</cough>
IS
Inspector Sands
Moz posted:
DVB Cornwall posted:
Newsnight's editor has now 'stood aside' following further revelations over the weekend, and pending Panorama's report tonight.

<cough>Scapegoat</cough>

Not really, he is the one with editorial control over Newsnight and was the person who decided not to show it. It makes total sense he goes
IS
Inspector Sands
Charlie Wells posted:

I wonder if this is due to it now being an hour long or whether BBC management have played politics and pushed it to when they hope fewer people will be watching.

I suspect it's not only because it's an hour long but possibly also so it's post-watershed. I'd imagine it will have some graphic details of the abuse so needs to be later like the original ITV programme
BU
buster
Inspector Sands posted:
Moz posted:
DVB Cornwall posted:
Newsnight's editor has now 'stood aside' following further revelations over the weekend, and pending Panorama's report tonight.

<cough>Scapegoat</cough>

Not really, he is the one with editorial control over Newsnight and was the person who decided not to show it. It makes total sense he goes


It sounds from the Guardian article that he's compromised himself with that blog post he wrote around the time of the Exposure programme as it contradicts some of the key internal revelations since then.
DA
davidhorman
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In terms of the scheduling of the Panorama special - there had been media reports that the BBC would drop New Tricks and show the programme at 9pm


Turns out tonight's episode of New Tricks has been pulled anyway, replaced with next week's episode, as it was about child abuse in a care home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20030710

David
IS
Inspector Sands
This thing of 'the worst crisis in the BBC for 50 years' is sticking it seems, which is odd as it's totally spurious

Nothing scandalous happened in 1962 and arguably the Dr Kelly/Hutton incident was bigger than this. It seems to be just something John Simpson has said taken out of context

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