The Maitlis Monologue

BBC statement on last night's Newsnight pic.twitter.com/JFm4Nt5YMv

— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) May 27, 2020

This week has been the week for apologies, first Dominic Cummings apologised for being late for the Rose garden briefing then the BBC offers a half hearted "apology" for the Maitlis Monologue.

Despite the fact the "apology" doesn't really apologise, the BBC were clearly rattled by the number of complaints (they are still flooding in) as they set up a special page for those who wished to complain about the monologue.

The odd thing is, how the monologue got through editorial control in the first place given that Maitlis was reading from an auto-cue?

Newsnight Gives a Moron Airtime

“My generation is the first generation since 1881 that will be worse off than their parents.”

Author @graceblakeley says “a lot of people in this country have been betrayed by an economic system that doesn’t work for them”#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/nhDslZFeAN

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) September 11, 2019

Farewell Incurious George

Farewell then to "Incurious" George Entwistle who resigned as Director General of the BBC last night, after a mere 54 days in the job.

"Incurious" George will be remembered as the only person in the media who, apparently, only became aware of the subject matter of the Newsnight story broadcast on 2nd November after it was broadcast.

Newsnight

Newsnight will be interesting tonight, it may well spell the end of the career of a member of the Cabinet.

The name of the minister which the BBC may name is already in the public domain as per an article written by his accuser.