Top BBC resignations astonished Hutton

[Khephra]

Top BBC resignations astonished Hutton

Law lord believes his report's findings on David Kelly's death were misinterpreted by media and is dismayed at accusations of whitewash

David Hencke and Michael White
Thursday March 4, 2004
The Guardian

Lord Hutton was shocked by public anger at his report into the suicide of the weapons scientist, Dr David Kelly, and by the turmoil it caused at the BBC with the resignation of the corporation's two most senior figures, the Guardian has learned.

The law lord was convinced he had produced a "finding of fact" which was even-handed in criticising both the BBC's "unfounded" reporting and weaknesses in editorial control and the Ministry of Defence's failure to provide "duty of care" towards Dr Kelly.

As the dust settles on the report, leaked on publication day, January 28, reports of Lord Hutton's dismay about accusations that he produced a "whitewash" and the depth of the crisis at the BBC are beginning to circulate in Westminster and Whitehall, MPs and officials confirmed yesterday.

Within three days of the report Gavyn Davies had resigned as BBC chairman, closely followed by Greg Dyke as director general after a botched attempt to save him. Andrew Gilligan, the Today reporter whose report led to a running battle with No 10, also quit. Lord Hutton was privately astonished.

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[keopeli]

1. Complete and utter crap. Hutton is NOT an idiot, and he knows exactly...

...what he did and was doing. He has advisors everywhere. His "shocked, shocked I tell you" response is the whitewash for his own failure to produce an accurate finding of fact. His name is already smeared, and you can't put the genie back in the bottle. Sorry, Hutton. You'll need to get used to being a stool pigeon, since that is the path you chose.

Keo

[legin]

2. Lying sack of ..... nt

[zonmoy]

3. Sounds more like they are covering up the killing of david kelly

by demonizing any press that doesnt give the official line.