Greg Dyke: My Part in His Downfall
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0993242413 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 458 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Left me wanting the next instalment! I loved it. Fascinating to hear what actually happens in the inner workings of the BBC. David Lodge, move over! In this case, truth is funnier - and sadder - than fiction.
This is his first book.. About the AuthorChris Moore is a journalist who worked in the BBC newsroom for a number of years
This is his first book.. Chris Moore is a journalist who worked in the BBC newsroom for a number of years
A compelling account of a complicated clash between journalism, government secrecy, and the public interest, it will be of interest to all who work on or in the media.. Soon after being publicly named, Kelley committed suicide, and that action prompted a government investigation, led by Lord Hutton, which ultimately exonerated the government but called the BBC’s editorial process “defective.” In the wake of the Hutton Enquiry, Dykes resigned. His final days at the BBC were consumed with the uproar over the BBC’s outing of Ministry of Defense employee David Kelley as a confidential source for a series of damning stories on the Labour government’s misuse of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War. Greg Dyke served as Director-General of the BBC—a hugely inf