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Originally Posted by martyh
seriously???? 
A man in charge of programming doesn't ask why a planned news program may interfere with his Christmas schedule ,he didn't have the wit to ask what the program was about ,how did it concern Savile or why it would impact on the tribute show ,saying he was incompetent is being generous ,the only thing that would have been worse for him was if the newsnight program had gone ahead as planned alongside the tribute one |
He would have had time to pull the show. He would have waited until it aired. The questions above wouldn't have made a difference and we don't know if he would have had those questions answered. The BBC News department isn't the servant of Entertainment division.
He would also have wanted to avoid any implication that he attempted to influence the editorial decisions at Newsnight. That really would have been bad for him. This is indeed what the BBC detractors were hoping for and what the BBC were scared of.
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Originally Posted by martyh
Nobody gives a damn if a private company is run by a group of imbeciles ,it simply goes under eventually ,but an organisation like the BBC that is public funded and sets itself up as a moral compass for society should do better than it appears they have been
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The BBC is designed to ensure the integrity of it's news division. It's paramount that the rest of the organisation isn't seen to influence it's content. It's not acceptable for directors of other departments to influence it's editorial decisions and this firewall is likely what deterred him from asking questions.
Let's be honest here. If he had come out and he was sending off e-mails and having discussions with newsnight about the content of the reports this would scream 'cover-up'.