16-07-2023, 09:43 AM
(15-07-2023, 10:05 PM)Brekkie Wrote: It's one where they just can't win either way. Reporting it feels insensitive and too close to home. Not reporting it and potentially reprimanding (even if not formally) those who investigated it does not feel right either.I think the timing of the broadcasting the investigation is potentially problematic.
Primarily, in that the BBC's own investigation into Huw had just resumed. By broadcasting it when they did it could be seen as trying to influence, though they'd argue it was due to it being in the headlines and finally being able to name him.
There's also the secondary issue of broadcasting it after it had been announced that he was in hospital suffering from a mental health episode.
Reading between the lines I'm guessing that some staff may have felt that being asked by Newsnight reporters was a 'muck raking exercise', rather than valid journalism.
Formerly 'Charlie Wells' of TV Forum.