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The journalist martin bashirfor the way he behaved in securing an interview with princess diana in 1995. at the time, mr hall was head of bbc news. he s told a westminster parliamentary committee here in london that he had trusted martin bashir when he shouldn t have. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, has more details. at core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance we, the team, give him a second chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. tony hall was a popular and respected director general at the bbc, but, cutting an anguished figure, he pleaded today that his 35 years of public service should not be coloured by his trusting a liar in the 1990s. lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scat ....

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