BBC scandal is the tip of the iceberg

How many more BBC scandals will there have to be before the government of the day steps in and sorts it out?

The Trump speech fiasco is only the latest. In just the last 12 months or so, we have also had allegations of bullying and drug taking on Strictly , the Gary Lineker fiasco, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone , The MasterChef controversy, Glastonbury Festival [ Bob Vylan ] and perhaps there are others we don’t yet know about.

BBC News is the one area where we have a right to demand the highest editorial standards.

Although this latest failure focuses attention on BBC News , the problems extend across all departments. Hardly a month goes by without the BBC being the subject of headlines, bringing itself into disrepute.

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