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The BBC today was signalling it is getting a grip on bad behaviour in the workplace. It's something Samir Shah, chairman of the BBC, promised after the Huw Edwards scandal.
BBC director-general Tim Davie has admitted “that the BBC is not perfect and sometimes we make mistakes” but that the national broadcaster “deserves backing” after a bruising few weeks of scandals at the corporation that led to questions over his future.
Tim Davie says he can ‘lead’ the BBC in ‘right way’ in wake of scandals - The BBC has been criticised for a number of failings in recent months which included breaching its own accuracy guidelines and misconduct allegations.
SCANDAL-HIT BBC boss Tim Davie has been given a sizeable pay rise to earn £544,999 a year. The broadcaster’s annual report shows the Director-General’s pay packet swelled by around
BBC director-general Tim Davie believes MasterChef has a future with the broadcaster beyond 2028, when its current deal runs out, following the independent report into allegations of misconduct against Gregg Wallace.
A BBC documentary about Gaza breached editorial guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose the narrator was the son of a Hamas official, the corporation's review has found.
BBC Director General Tim Davie has said he will not resign following scandals involving Gregg Wallace, Gaza and Bob Vylan.
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A BBC report has concluded that a documentary about the lives of children in Gaza breached editorial guidelines on accuracy. The film was pulled from iPlayer in February after it emerged the 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.
In my many years of making editorial calls across the BBC, this is as tough as it gets.” Those were the words of Tim Davie when he addressed the BBC’s employees on June 11 amid simmering discontent over Gaza.