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colin25 · 24-10-2012, 14:47

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He could have asked more questions but it's not really an issue that he didn't. The News Programming wasn't his department and he had no control over their output. He didn't have a decision to make other than to pull the tributes if the Newsnight documentary went ahead.[/QUOTE]

He had a duty to ask the question, and as senior member, to put any concerns higher.

He is a public servant, of a reasonably high grade in the BBC even at that time. More culpable than less senior members of staff. Not to ask the obvious says to me, he isn't fit for current job.

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If of course he didn't know..if we accept he didn't (stretching a bit here), he still should have asked the obvious. That is the credibility gap that most others have spotted.

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colin25 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Edinburgh Services: Sky Tv, BT infinity broadband - since 5 June 2013..oh, and a BT phone (BT infinityyyy and beyonddddd Posts: 5,536	re: Operation Yewtree ---------- Post added at 15:31 ---------- Previous post was at 15:27 ---------- [/COLOR] He could have asked more questions but it's not really an issue that he didn't. The News Programming wasn't his department and he had no control over their output. He didn't have a decision to make other than to pull the tributes if the Newsnight documentary went ahead.[/QUOTE] He had a duty to ask the question, and as senior member, to put any concerns higher. He is a public servant, of a reasonably high grade in the BBC even at that time. More culpable than less senior members of staff. Not to ask the obvious says to me, he isn't fit for current job. ---------- Post added at 15:47 ---------- Previous post was at 15:46 ---------- If of course he didn't know..if we accept he didn't (stretching a bit here), he still should have asked the obvious. That is the credibility gap that most others have spotted.