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BBC Chief Quits in Child Sex Abuse Row

George Entwistle admits show should never have aired

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 10, 2012 3:57 PM CST

(AP) – George Entwistle, the director general of the BBC, resigned today over a TV program the network had aired that wrongly implicated a British politician in a child sex-abuse scandal. In a brief statement outside BBC headquarters, Entwistle said he decided to do the "honorable...   Read full story »

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