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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired January 30, 2004 - 05:44   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now it's time to check on what's making news overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Hala Gorani live for us in London.
Good morning -- Hala.

HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

Well, it's day three of the aftermath of that Hutton inquiry. First of all, we had all the papers leading on what would happen, on what we expected from the investigation into the death of a British scientist.

Now yesterday, the BBC was the one mainly blamed by that report. In fact, the only party of all three blamed in that report. As a result, the chairman of the board of governors of the BBC resigned and yesterday, the director general, the top editorial man at the British Broadcasting Corporation, out of the door.

Here all the papers leading on it, we have drama outside, disarray inside, the governors force out Dyke. Greg Dyke the name of the director general. Very interesting in "The Guardian," Carol. We have a new poll conducted by "The Guardian" and ICM showing and asking a sample of individuals, in general, who do you trust more to tell you the truth, the BBC or the government? Here are the results, the BBC 31 percent, the government 10 percent. You can see the mood out there, it's not very much in favor of the government.

But here is the most important finding, or the most interesting finding, neither. I don't trust either to tell me the truth 49 percent. Almost this is a mood of skepticism across the country. And you can really sense it in polls like this when people are asked do you think you are being told the truth? No, I don't think either is telling me the truth. And the BBC being this venerable institution, which is really so important to social and cultural life in the country, getting more votes than the government.

Now here is another poll, according to "The Daily Telegraph" we have, Hutton a whitewash say 56 percent in a poll. This is according to "The Daily Telegraph," the right leaning paper.

"The Independent," a left leaning broad sheet, in one of its editorials say, there is something distasteful about the totality of the government's victory over the shock and demoralized BBC. They say the director general should not have resigned.

Now I have two more examples for you of some of the reaction. Here, in pure tabloid style, spineless says the "Daily Mirror." BBC governors cave in to government and force out Dyke, the director general.

You know yesterday when Greg Dyke resigned, they had hundreds and hundreds of BBC staff outside holding placards saying don't go Greg, we want Greg, Greg don't go. So he benefited, at least seemingly, at least from this type of demonstration, of some of the support. And you can see pictures of the staffers here supporting poor Greg Dyke in this picture.

Dyke walks the plank, according to the "Daily Mail." The BBC must keep its nerve, says the "Daily Mail." The "Daily Mail," which has waged quite a campaign against Tony Blair's government and its stance on many things, including its justification for war -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Well it will be interesting to see how future reporting goes at the BBC.

GORANI: It would be. And the question out there is now, just to put things in perspective, these are journalists reacting to a report that criticized a journalistic institution. So in a way you have to put it in that kind of perspective. That's why the first poll out there was interesting.

And yes, as you say, one of the fears out there among staffers of the BBC, from what we've been hearing, is will this muzzle us, will this force us to control our investigative reporting? Will we next time we feel the government should be criticized hesitate before we issue a report that criticizes the government? Those are fears out there.

COSTELLO: Hala Gorani live from London. Interesting stuff this morning. Thank you.

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Aired January 30, 2004 - 05:44   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now it's time to check on what's making news overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Hala Gorani live for us in London.
Good morning -- Hala.

HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

Well, it's day three of the aftermath of that Hutton inquiry. First of all, we had all the papers leading on what would happen, on what we expected from the investigation into the death of a British scientist.

Now yesterday, the BBC was the one mainly blamed by that report. In fact, the only party of all three blamed in that report. As a result, the chairman of the board of governors of the BBC resigned and yesterday, the director general, the top editorial man at the British Broadcasting Corporation, out of the door.

Here all the papers leading on it, we have drama outside, disarray inside, the governors force out Dyke. Greg Dyke the name of the director general. Very interesting in "The Guardian," Carol. We have a new poll conducted by "The Guardian" and ICM showing and asking a sample of individuals, in general, who do you trust more to tell you the truth, the BBC or the government? Here are the results, the BBC 31 percent, the government 10 percent. You can see the mood out there, it's not very much in favor of the government.

But here is the most important finding, or the most interesting finding, neither. I don't trust either to tell me the truth 49 percent. Almost this is a mood of skepticism across the country. And you can really sense it in polls like this when people are asked do you think you are being told the truth? No, I don't think either is telling me the truth. And the BBC being this venerable institution, which is really so important to social and cultural life in the country, getting more votes than the government.

Now here is another poll, according to "The Daily Telegraph" we have, Hutton a whitewash say 56 percent in a poll. This is according to "The Daily Telegraph," the right leaning paper.

"The Independent," a left leaning broad sheet, in one of its editorials say, there is something distasteful about the totality of the government's victory over the shock and demoralized BBC. They say the director general should not have resigned.

Now I have two more examples for you of some of the reaction. Here, in pure tabloid style, spineless says the "Daily Mirror." BBC governors cave in to government and force out Dyke, the director general.

You know yesterday when Greg Dyke resigned, they had hundreds and hundreds of BBC staff outside holding placards saying don't go Greg, we want Greg, Greg don't go. So he benefited, at least seemingly, at least from this type of demonstration, of some of the support. And you can see pictures of the staffers here supporting poor Greg Dyke in this picture.

Dyke walks the plank, according to the "Daily Mail." The BBC must keep its nerve, says the "Daily Mail." The "Daily Mail," which has waged quite a campaign against Tony Blair's government and its stance on many things, including its justification for war -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Well it will be interesting to see how future reporting goes at the BBC.

GORANI: It would be. And the question out there is now, just to put things in perspective, these are journalists reacting to a report that criticized a journalistic institution. So in a way you have to put it in that kind of perspective. That's why the first poll out there was interesting.

And yes, as you say, one of the fears out there among staffers of the BBC, from what we've been hearing, is will this muzzle us, will this force us to control our investigative reporting? Will we next time we feel the government should be criticized hesitate before we issue a report that criticizes the government? Those are fears out there.

COSTELLO: Hala Gorani live from London. Interesting stuff this morning. Thank you.

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