BBC to review news reporting

BBC to review news reporting

Hutton documents throw doubt on Kelly witness

Vikram Dodd and Richard Norton-Taylor
Tuesday September 9, 2003
The Guardian

The BBC is to launch a wide-ranging review of its news reporting following the row over its handling of claims by David Kelly about the government's September 2002 dossier on Iraq, it emerged yesterday.

The BBC chairman, Gavyn Davies, wrote of the planned examination of the comments on the dossier in an email to the corporation's governors. The email was written three days after Dr Kelly's body was found and was submitted by the BBC to the Hutton inquiry and made public yesterday.

On July 21 Mr Davies sent the governors a message setting out eight possible criticisms the BBC could face.

One question asked whether the governors should re-examine the style of BBC news reporting, especially its investigative journalism.

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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/story/0,13747,1038387,00.html

Do not use this as an excuse to sensor the BBC. This is not the BBC's fault. This is about criminals in high places. Punish the messenger, yeah that is the ticket.

The news is pissing me off today!!!