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BBC Chair Apologizes for Errors Contained in Iraq Broadcast
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| Contributor | Eddie |
| Last Edited | Eddie Jan 29, 2004 10:08pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, January 29, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted an apology from the British Broadcasting Corporation for errors it made in reporting that his government deliberately exaggerated Iraq's weapons threat before the war. A senior judge had harshly criticized the BBC's reporting one day earlier.
The BBC continues to be rocked by what commentators call the worst crisis in its 81-year history.
Since the release of the damning report Wednesday, it lost its chairman, Gavyn Davies, and chief executive, Greg Dyke. And now, it has delivered an unreserved apology to Mr. Blair.
The crisis stems from the report of Judge Brian Hutton, who found numerous errors in BBC reporting and editorial controls regarding a news story that accused the Blair government of intentionally embellishing intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat before the war. |
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