BBC postpones Panorama film on Princess Diana/Martin Bashir interview

[Cassia Tuna]

Martin Bashir: BBC covered up failings over Diana interview, report finds

The BBC covered up the "deceitful" tactics journalist Martin Bashir used to secure his famous interview with Princess Diana, an inquiry has found.

A report about how the interview was secured has been published.

Lord Dyson, the retired judge who led the inquiry, said the BBC "fell short of the high standards of integrity and transparency which are its hallmark".

More here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57189371

[Cassia Tuna]

The question is, what implications if any will this have on the BBC presently?

[Matthew]

The question is, what implications if any will this have on the BBC presently?

If Bashir hadn't quit then he probably would've been sacked but now nothing

[bkman1990]

Wow. I have not read the full report from Lord Dyson to date. From what I have heard about it so far from BBC News this evening; the official response about the interview is quite damning from Lord Dyson's point of view. I suspect that the consequences of this report will be ground breaking in interpreting the BBC's official journalism standards will be made appropriate for the future. It's good to hear that full unreserved apologies were made by the BBC to Prince Charles, William & Harry over the inappropriate airing of this interview. But will that go far enough for the BBC. It's hard to tell at the moment given what the BBC has done when they have tried to address this issue so far.

[steely12]

Perhaps viewing figures for BBC News across the board will now plummet as a result, and the BBC News channel will close down, much to the delight of the BBC's enemies.

[Humphrey Hacker]

I saw the interview with the BBC's Media Editor Amol Rajan on The Six and noted how diplomatic he was being. His remark about the BBC being "scarred" stood out.

[UTVLifer]

All I'm going to say is that there were some beautiful shots of NBH in the programme

[bkman1990]

I wonder how the British public will think about this scandal now that Lord Dyson's report has been published today. Will they ever trust the BBC again in future when they have this reputation hanging over their head? The BBC has not really escaped very far from scandals it has made before in recent times. The BBC has to think clearly about what it's News & Current Affairs output will be like for it's future audience so it can have it's high quality standards of journalism regained & embraced among the British public once again. It's meant to be there to bring proper accuracy & accountability to important British matters that affects them even in the era of living within a modern Britain.

[Brekkie]

Perhaps viewing figures for BBC News across the board will now plummet as a result, and the BBC News channel will close down, much to the delight of the BBC's enemies.

Or perhaps not. After all those waiting for GB News would have no interest in a story of the London media reporting on the London media compared to what is going on in the English regions.

[Whataday]

I've yet to speak to anyone that gives a damn about this 25 year old story.

[Cassia Tuna]

BBC's deceit over Diana interview worsened my parents' relationship - William

The Duke of Cambridge has blamed failures over the BBC's 1995 interview with his mother Diana for worsening the relationship between his parents and adding to her paranoia.

After an inquiry found the BBC fell below its standards, Prince William said he was "most saddened" his mother never learned she had been deceived.

Prince William said his mother was failed "not just by a rogue reporter" but also by bosses at the BBC.

More here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57195046

[Whataday]

https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/stat...4272335875

[Omnipresent]

I guess the Panorama interview will join Ghost Watch on the list of programmes that the BBC will never show again.

It seems a number of journalists had their doubts about Martin Bashir.

https://twitter.com/michaellcrick/status...20128?s=12

[MrUdagawa]

I've yet to speak to anyone that gives a damn about this 25 year old story.

I think it's a dangerous road to start going down when we use how long ago something happened as a measure of its importance. It’s worth bearing in mind Martin Bashir was still employed by the BBC up until last week.

[bfgarmy]

The BBC do not come out of this very well at all first with the lies from Bashir and then the cover-ups of it. The fact too that many of the key parties in the whole saga were still around the BBC until very recently - Lord Hall being director general until last year and Martin Bashir until earlier this month - means it can't just swept under the carpet with a pithy 'it was a long time ago' excuse. These people were in prominent roles very, very recently.

You do have to wonder how much has changed too given Dan Johnson is still as prominent as ever despite the way he acted with the whole Cliff Richard saga.