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Originally Posted by nomadking
That would have been the job of the head of newsnight or head of news section and not the job of the DG. The main failure of the report was that Messham was an unreliable witness. Even is Lord McAlpine had been contacted, what could he have done to disprove the allegations before the report went out.
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ultimately that responsibility lies with the dg, he won't be the only one to lose their job over this though. Do you think the report would've gone out if anyone had contacted his lordship and he'd told them he'd never been to Wrexham.