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BBC News By John Ware Twenty-five years ago, the BBCs Panorama programme landed a scoop rivals the world over wanted - an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales. Her son and heir to the throne, Prince William, has now launched an unprecedented attack on the corporation over that interview. The programme, which attracted a UK audience of 23m, was a career-defining moment for reporter Martin Bashir. But after accusations resurfaced last autumn that Bashir misled the princess to gain her trust,...

Fabienne Colas’s original plan was to conquer Hollywood.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of articles, films, books and more that chronicle everything from 19th-century Black literary works to 21st-century Black collective action. CBC Stories CBC News Saskatchewan25 days ago 11:36In this story from 2000, CBC reporter Sandra Batson takes a look at the history of African Americans who came to the Canadian Prairies, and the discrimination they confronted in search of a better life.11:36 In this 2000 report for the The Magazine, Sandra Batson (now the hos...

Lord Dyson, the former master of the rolls and head of civil justice, was appointed to look into the circumstances surrounding the explosive 1995 sit-down, where Diana opened up about Charles.

BBC sends personal letters of apology to William, Harry and other royals over Martin Bashirs lies to persuade Diana to agree to interview - as Earl Spencer says he draws a line between Princesss death and her Panorama chat Princess Dianas brother linked her death to the BBC after saying she reached crisis after interview deception  It came as broadcaster suffered onslaught of criticism over Martin Bashirs interview and cover-up  Lord Dyson published his highly-anticipated and damning report t...

March 18, 2021 The report, which Ware claimed damaged his professional reputation as a journalist, was headlined: “Political storm rages over BBC’s ‘rogue’ journalism.” A High Court judge ruled earlier this year that French’s article was “clearly defamatory” as it carried the meaning that Ware was a “rogue journalist who had engaged in dirty tricks aimed at harming the Labour Party’s chances of winning the general election by authoring and presenting an edition of Panorama i...

It is understood that ex-director general Lord Hall is among those given advance notice of ‘uncomfortable’ findings. Panorama reporter Bashir, who has been accused of spinning a web of deceit to land his 1995 interview with Diana, is also braced for a harsh judgment. He is said to be ‘very worried’ about ex-judge Lord Dyson’s conclusions following an independent investigation ordered by the BBC. Former BBC Panorama journalist Martin Bashir, pictured, is bracing himself for criticism a...

The memo suggests executives discussed troublemakers and how to get rid of them one by one. Panorama reporters had come forward to blow the whistle on Bashirs use of forged bank statements to secure his historic 1995 television interview with Diana. But instead of being thanked, the staffers were reportedly told by the programmes editor it was not any of their f****** business. Then what critics believe was a cover-up was launched, starting with an alleged cull to get rid of the whistleblowers....

Princess Dianas brother lambasted BBC for shelving Mondays Panorama probe  The probe was set to look into scandal over Dianas interview with Martin Bashir Tim Davie pulled plug around time he got report on how Bashir got the 1995 chat On the same afternoon, Bashir resigned from corporation to focus on his health Earl Spencer took to Twitter on Sunday to criticise the decision to shelve expose 

Green Walters is an oddity. At least that is how he is described by his contemporaries.  He came to Alberta in 1881 and, like most uneducated Black men of the era, found himself taking a stab at whatever opportunity he could find. Walters was what we might today think of as a serial entrepreneur.  He tried his hand as a hay contractor, a ranch hand, a cook, a servant and a cleaner. In some of these roles, his skills were considered less than desired. A. E. Cross, who would become a senator, s...