How much more of its reputation can the BBC afford to lose over this? I wouldn’t be surprised if more of their top talent leave in the coming months for being dragged into this circus.
Like it or loathe it, the BBC is the UK’s most important broadcaster by a country mile.
If the BBC’s internal procedures are shown to be reasonable and to have been followed, which it appears so far to have been the case, then I don’t see anyone jumping ship about this.
People do dumb stuff all the time, some of which may or may not be illegal. It isn’t an employer’s responsibility until the employer finds out about it. What matters is the response and, so far at least, it appears the BBC has done fairly well this time, although perhaps more effort could have been made after the initial followups made by the BBC to the original complaint were ignored.
How much more of its reputation can the BBC afford to lose over this? I wouldn’t be surprised if more of their top talent leave in the coming months for being dragged into this circus.
Like it or loathe it, the BBC is the UK’s most important broadcaster by a country mile.
If the BBC’s internal procedures are shown to be reasonable and to have been followed, which it appears so far to have been the case, then I don’t see anyone jumping ship about this.
People do dumb stuff all the time, some of which may or may not be illegal. It isn’t an employer’s responsibility until the employer finds out about it. What matters is the response and, so far at least, it appears the BBC has done fairly well this time, although perhaps more effort could have been made after the initial followups made by the BBC to the original complaint were ignored.