Ray Jenkin and the former BBC executive Will Wyatt on claims that the former Newsnight presenter was censured because of government pressure
As an admirer of the institution of the BBC, I have to say that I am more persuaded by Emily Maitlis’s comments about what happened after she said on Newsnight that Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown rules than by the denials of the BBC’s chief content officer, Charlotte Moore (BBC says ‘in no way’ did government prompt it to censure Emily Maitlis, 25 August).
In the days leading up to Boris Johnson’s resignation, I tuned in to the BBC News at Ten nightly, only to switch quickly to ITN for reliable reporting of events. There were fine reporters on the BBC, but it appeared that they were compelled to describe developments in the blandest of terms.
