Lord Patten: BBC needs radical overhaul after Newsnight scandal

John Plunkett @ MediaGuardian - Television - on 11/11/12
BBC Trust Loading... chairman says George Entwistle's resignation is a 'tragedy' and successor will be appointed within weeksThe chairman of the BBC Loading... Trust, Lord Patten, has said George Entwistle's replacement will be appointed within weeks rather than months and revealed that he will discuss the future of Newsnight with the acting director general before the end of the day. Patten admitted there was a case f...
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BBC Trust chairman says George Entwistle's resignation is a 'tragedy' and successor will be appointed within weeks.

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Rupert Murdoch, BBC Trust, Today programme, Guardian Media Group, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC, Iain Overton, Tim Davie, Chris Patten

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