Jason Deans, broadcast editor
Friday March 26, 2004
MediaGuardian.co.uk
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has admitted for the first time that he was fired by the corporation’s board of governors following the publication of the Hutton report.
Mr Dyke offered his resignation to the governors at an emergency meeting on the evening of Wednesday January 28, the same day the upper echelons of the BBC were thrown into turmoil by the wide-ranging criticism of their journalism, management and governance contained in Lord Hutton’s report.
Archive for March, 2004
Dyke: I was fired by BBC governors (Guardian)
Friday, March 26th, 2004The law of secrets (Guardian)
Monday, March 8th, 2004Media organisations could face prosecution for repeating Clare Short’s allegations. Dan Tench explains why
Dan Tench
Monday March 8, 2004
Guardian
When the former overseas development minister, Clare Short, disclosed details of the British secret services’ alleged bugging activities at the United Nations, she caused a political furore. Short now faces an official dressing-down from Labour chief whip, Hilary Armstrong, but apparently no prosecution. However, many commentators believe that her disclosures constitute a breach of the Official
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