BBC’s week from hell: Is RTÉ’s Kevin Bakhurst the man to fix it?
The Indo Daily · Irish Independent
November 14, 202524m 9s
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One billion dollars. It’s not a line from Dr Evil in an Austin Powers movie, but the jaw-dropping sum US president Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for in an unprecedented lawsuit. In a week from hell for the BBC, director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned, leaving the corporation reeling and rudderless. How exactly did it get to this? And could RTÉ boss Kevin Bakhurst be parachuted in to take control? We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism
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