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Is i think it still tends to be too defensive when some criticism is aired. and we saw that actually... its interesting. for anyone listening, ive never seen all the panellists nodding so much. its worth pointing out martin bashir did say, "obviously i regret what i did. "it was wrong." he says it had no bearing on anything... thats absolutely not true. ..meaning diana going on to do the interview. we are out of time. to dorothy byrne, richard tait, jane martinson, david yelland and john ware, t...

What im sure about is that we dont need extra committees of old white blokes — no offence, men, to those i can see here — all sitting around opining. we need strong, independent journalism, and if mistakes are made, they need to be remedied as quickly as possible. you know, one of the scandals here was that its taken so long for the truth to be admitted by the bbc. not actually for the truth to come out, because weve known the key points here. so, ive heard people call for some massive new r...

The Lies Told to Speak to a Princess Photo by Mathieu Polak/Sygma/ Sygma via Getty Images It was 26 years ago, but I vividly remember the night Princess Diana gave an interview to BBC journalist Martin Bashir. I was allowed to stay up late to watch it — after my parents deemed it a “historical moment.” So I, along with 23 million other Brits (probably not all in paw print pajamas), watched, aghast, as a wide-eyed Princess Diana gave her first-hand account of the soap opera that had been ...

Questions about the journalists’s record were not addressed by those who gave him his most recent job, says Panorama reporter

Can you kind of give us a... notion of context? i think an editor... well, i will answer that by saying this, i think. an editor sets a culture. and, you know, you have to be prepared to be unpopular, - and i was very unpopular| within my own newsroom because i was quite conservative . after having had my fingers burned in the first year. now, i knew steve hewlett very well, iwasnt a friend, but i really- liked him and got on well with him. but i do think its important to say that the politics w...

Just said that the culture at panorama is "toxic". you winced, why did you wince? well, "toxic", it was competitive, it was quite gossipy. i mean, thats, you know, in some ways, thats quite a healthy thing. there were a few toxic elements to it, i suppose, but i dont think, its a different place, i dont go there very much these days, but they are all sort of freelancers. everyone has been sacked. laughing. orlaid off. but to the extent that i do go, it seems to be rather sort of docile, actually...

By the bbc. not actually for the truth to come out, because weve known the key points here. so, ive heard people call for some massive new regulatory framework, but im not sure that that is what we need. thank you. john, youre on the front line with this absolutely. is there a concern that a new form of governance could end up meddling with your day—to—day work? well, i think it would be a travesty if it did. i mean, honestly, im ratherweary, if i may say so, at these sort

..meaning diana going on to do the interview. we are out of time. to dorothy byrne, richard tait, jane martinson, david yelland and john ware, thank you all for your time today. you have been listening to the media show. i am mobeen azhar. have a great week ahead. hello there. the cold and wet weather is now firmly behind us and in the next few days it is dry, sunny and warm. it has been warm today as well. top temperatures of 23 degrees in liverpool, 22 in aberdeenshire and

Now, john, you are an investigative journalist. you have been in the panorama office... i was going to say forever, not quite forever, but you have been there long time. we are familiar with your work on screen. can you give us a sense of before you get to that point, before the cameras are rolling, what is the work and the ground work that has to be done? what are some of the tools that you use? well, it depends what sort of story it is. i mean, if its against criminals or is about criminals or...

John ware is an investigative reporter and fronted last weeks panorama on martin bashir and the bbc. jane martinson is professor ofjournalism at city college. welcome to you all. jane, you have been writing about this for the guardian. how do you assess the scale of the reaction to this story? the scale of the reaction, i mean, you know, this is a devastating report for the bbc. it involved the royal family, it involved, you know, wrongdoing and, sort of, terrible mishandling of a wrongdoing 25 ...