Analysis: report likely to focus on ex-BBC bosses, including Tony Hall who oversaw 1996 investigation into Diana interview
When Martin Bashir rejoined the BBC as religious affairs correspondent in 2016, the corporation’s head of newsgathering Jonathan Munro said he was attracted to the reporter’s “track record in enterprising journalism” and respect within the industry.
Some of those involved in that decision may be regretting their enthusiasm for Bashir, as current BBC bosses brace for public criticism over their decision to bring back a man whose journalistic reputation was destroyed by a subsequent report on his use of fake documents to secure a 1995 interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.
