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The director-general, Mark Thompson, has admitted as much, acknowledging that the BBC's treatment of Strictly judge Arlene Phillips and former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly – she won an age-discrimination case against the corporation – has...
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BBC rocked by claims it 'buried Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims to save its reputation’
Independent.ie
“Any suggestion that a story was dropped for anything other than editorial reasons is completely untrue,” the spokesman said. “The BBC gathers information on hundreds of stories and not all make it to air. In this case the angle we were pursuing could...
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I think they should undertake an investigation of this company and its hiring practices to see which if any provisions of the law have been violated
– Mark Thompson SOURCE: CTV -
“Any suggestion that a story was dropped for anything other than editorial reasons is completely untrue,” the spokesman said. “The BBC gathers information on hundreds of stories and not all make it to air. In this case the angle we were pursuing could...
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The director general said the BBC still has "a case to answer" about the way it treats older women on the air despite undergoing a "revolution" in recent years that has seen more women take top leadership roles. Writing in a daily newspaper, Mr...
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In an article in the "Daily Mail," BBC director general Mark Thompson wrote that the BBC had too few female presenters - especially in senior news and current affairs roles. He said the BBC would have to begin changing the culture internally. "Let's...
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We are making a lot of progress in talking to every city agency that deals with this industry and to City Hall itself
– Mark Thompson SOURCE: Crain's New York -
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It's a bit late for Mark Thompson, to be honest, given that he has been director general for over seven years. But still, better late than never accept the fact that there are too few older women on the BBC. What made Thompson take it more seriously so...
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BBC is right to be criticised for not featuring enough older women in leading roles in its television programmes, the broadcaster's director-general has admitted. Mark Thompson said there is "an underlying problem, that – whatever the individual success...
About Mark Thompson
Wikipedia
Mark Thompson (born 31 July 1957) is Director-General of the BBC, a post he has held since 2004, and a former chief executive of Channel 4. Full Article
