Friday, January 25, 2008

BBC staff member under fire for stunt


By James Macintyre
Friday, 25 January 2008


The BBC fell into further introspection and controversy last night after an internal report revealed a member of staff posed as a competition winner and another entrant's name was invented on radio shows presented by Russell Brand and Jo Whiley.


The report's findings, handed over to the BBC Trust yesterday, came as part of a "trawl" for breaches of "editorial standards" after BBC programmes from Comic Relief to Blue Peter were caught up in last year's "annus horribilis" across the broadcasting industry.
Tead more from the Independent Media at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bbc-under-fire-after-staff-member-posed-as-radio-competition-winner-773955.html