Mediagazer: BBC's director-general, George Entwistle, resigns over Newsnight mistakes (Helen Lewis/New Statesman)

5:20 PM ET, November 10, 2012

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George Entwistle / BBC:

Statement from George Entwistle — In the light of the fact that the Director-General is also the Editor-in-Chief and ultimately responsible for all content; and in the light of the unacceptable journalistic standards of the Newsnight film broadcast on Friday 2nd November …

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George Entwistle resigns as BBC director general — George Entwistle made his statement outside New Broadcasting House — The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast. — In a statement given outside New Broadcasting House …

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Helen Lewis / New Statesman:

BBC's director-general, George Entwistle, resigns over Newsnight mistakes — Investigation which wrongly identified a Tory peer as a child abuser topples the BBC's boss. — The BBC's director-general, George Entwistle, has resigned over mistakes made by Newsnight in reporting allegations of child abuse in a care home in north Wales.

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