The list of questions and problems facing the BBC has grown exponentially in the last few days and the organisation is doing little to garner any sympathy.
Its director general George Entwistle, who resigned on Saturday, is being given a rather tidy £450,000 payoff for just 54 days work, most of which was spent botching an internal investigation into the Jimmy Savile allegations.
And today sees more bad news for the beeb, director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Steve Mitchell have been asked to ‘step aside’ pending the outcome of an internal review into the handling of the Jimmy Savile claims, although they are expected to return to the posts once it’s completed.
It follows a report into a Newsnight broadcast which said the BBC must resolve a “lack of clarity” in the chain of command. (Understatement alert)
I think the biggest problem here for the BBC is the word internal, if they want to repair and restore their reputation, which is worsening by the minute, they need to hold an independent/external inquiry.
That way we can truly get to the root of the problems and truly see who has to answer for what.
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