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- John Mullin
- Avril Sanders Royle
- Jimmy Wales
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Heads have rolled .... I thought public execution had been outlawed a few centuries ago.
There are a few other people, that I can think of, that also need sacking from the ´óÏó´«Ã½.
What is meant by the words, "Private and Confidential"?
At least my postcard might get through in a week or two.
Re: ´óÏó´«Ã½ political objectivity.
Is it just me or did Caroline Thompson almost scoff at the thought of David Cameron becoming PM in November - oops she remembered just in time!!
Fincham should have gone immediately - even if the story had been true. The anti-monarchy glee in releasing the item was unacceptable. More respect is needed.
Barry Swainston.
Nearly fell off bike at 5.12pm yesterday. Was riding home, listening to the PM prog and enjoying Eddie's utterly butterly style, when in walked ´óÏó´«Ã½ COO Caroline Thompson. La Topspin had presumably been sent to studio S1 to 'draw a line under the Fincham resignation'. i.e. Get in and get it over with as quickly as possible, and don't worry, Eddie isn't John.
She was doing well in an icy way when EM delivered a classic Mair Omega 3 capsule question along the lines of:
"would it be a good idea if all broadcasters had to agree to a code of practice on editorial standards?"
Caroline seemed stunned. What follows is slightly abridged
"(pause) Um, I think that might be an interesting idea, we do have a sort of code of practice in Ofcom ...in that Ofcom would be the appropriate body - Ofcom do have a code of practice that they hold us to ... so in a sense it exists already .. but it's an interesting issue we should look at."
A word in your shell-like Dear, but the ´óÏó´«Ã½ already have 226 pages of advice and mandatory instructions to all ´óÏó´«Ã½ staff and contractors, stuffed with things about values, accuracy and lots more besides. Its called the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Editorial Guidelines. To hear the int in full go to /radio/noscript.shtml?/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/pm, its about 10 mins in. But take care if you are riding a bike.