SERIOUS and unacceptable failings lay behind the BBC's botched Newsnight programme on child abuse, a hard-hitting report by the director of BBC Scotland has found.
SERIOUS and unacceptable failings lay behind the BBC's botched Newsnight programme on child abuse, a hard-hitting report by the director of BBC Scotland has found.
KEN MacQUARRIE: Was critical of the programme.
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MICHAEL SETTLE UK POLITICAL EDITOR
Ken MacQuarrie, who undertook the investigation, said the corporation's flagship news programme had failed to complete basic journalistic checks.
There was also confusion about who had the ultimate responsibility for final editorial sign-off on the story.
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