Word: bbc
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...have been brought up to believe that you cannot choose your own referee, and that the referee's decision is final." Gavyn Davies, BBC board chairman, who resigned after the Hutton inquiry criticized the BBC for reporting that the Blair government "sexed up" intelligence on Iraqi weaponry...
...Gavyn Davies BBC chairman Blindly defended Gilligan's reporting - and paid for it with...
...Greg Dyke BBC director general Resigned, but is sure to contest Hutton's report from the wings...
...Andrew Gilligan BBC journalist Got the story but muddied the facts. Needs a new job - or a book deal...
...Brian Hutton, 72 One of Britain's 12 law lords and a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland , heard 25 days of evidence from 72 witnesses - all of it posted daily on the inquiry's website. His 328-page report exonerated the government and castigated the BBC. "Lord Hutton has performed a massive public service," wrote the Sun newspaper. But others called the report a whitewash - unbalanced and unfairly critical. Bernard Ingham, Margaret Thatcher's onetime press secretary, said, "The BBC has been horribly badly dealt with by Hutton, which is the most one-sided report you could ever...