![]() Thompson addressed the television society. “When things go wrong at the BBC, the public can hear us admit it and can see us striving to put things right,” he said, adding, “the modern BBC does everything possible to report on itself objectively.”Įight months later, trust in the BBC has plummeted because of a scandal set off in part by the network’s decision to halt a reporting project on decades-old accusations of child sexual abuse against Jimmy Savile, the network’s longtime host of children’s and pop music shows.Ĭontroversy over the canceled investigation was already brewing when Mr. ![]() ![]() He had successfully navigated eight years of political wrangling, the digital revolution, controversies over cost-cutting and his own pay, not to mention some cringe-making televised antics of BBC hosts.Īnticipating coverage of the London Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee over the summer as the crowning jewel of his tenure, he recounted the BBC’s considerable achievements on his watch and declared: “Trust in the BBC is also at an all-time high.” LONDON - Last March, Mark Thompson addressed the Royal Television Society and took proud stock of his time leading the BBC, Britain’s publicly financed media behemoth that is both treasure and target. ![]()
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