Tag: George Entwistle

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 02:46 UTC

  BBC infighting the big news, while it struggles to recover from a credibility shock

  

  The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast. He said that as the man “ultimately responsible for all content, and in the light of the unacceptable journalistic standards” he would quit.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 06:54 UTC

  BBC faces major scandal for alleged cover-up of sexual abuse by a presenter

  

  The head of the BBC goes before lawmakers on Tuesday with the publicly funded British broadcaster facing one of the biggest crises in its history over accusations it pulled a probe into sexual abuse by a former presenter as part of a wider cover-up.