Looking composed, but battle-weary, Entwistle read from a prepared statement: In the light of the fact that the director general is also the editor in chief and ultimately responsible for all content; and in the light of the unacceptable journalistic standards of the Newsnight film broadcast on Friday 2 November, I have decided that the honourable thing to do is to step down from the post of director general, he said.
Fonte: BBC in crisis as George Entwistle quits over Newsnight fiasco
Fonte: BBC in crisis as George Entwistle quits over Newsnight fiasco
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