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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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Summer of Scandals Leaves BBC in Crisis

Top anchor accuses net of 'catastrophic loss of nerve'

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(Newser) – The Brits are having a crisis of conscience over the BBC: A summer of scandals has left the BBC's squeaky-clean image compromised. The UK's public broadcaster has aired rigged call-in games, sneakily edited news stories, and credulity-straining reality shows. A leading broadcaster charges the station has suffered "a catastrophic loss of nerve."

Jeremy Paxman, the host of the BBC's flagship show Newsnight, will say in a lecture tonight that the network must stop chasing higher ratings and aping private stations, regaining a sense of "moral drive." Meanwhile, the BBC's director general says in today's Guardian that the scandals have "damaged public trust in us."

Jeremy Paxman hosts Newsnight.
Jeremy Paxman hosts Newsnight.   (BBC News)
Jeremy Paxman.
Jeremy Paxman.   (PA)
BBC headquarters in London
BBC headquarters in London   (TVScoop.tv)
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