Some of the reaction of the media mandarins to the BBC’s latest “ethics” row, over falsely representing the Queen storming out in a huff, just reeks of hypocrisy.
You develop a hugely competitive industry, in which to get in and get ahead entrants know they have to push everything much further – get the sexiest headline, find the strongest angle in a story (even if it is a big dodgy), then complain that the “youth of today” just don’t have the ethics:
Former BBC chairman Michael Grade, who now runs ITV, told the Today programme he saw a wider problem in broadcasting because an influx of young, inexperienced people. “We are in an age today where there has been a huge influx of young talent into the industry as it expands. They have not been trained properly, they don’t understand that you do not lie to audiences at any time, in any show – whether it’s news or whether it’s a quiz show …
This is the industry you shaped – your choices helped to make it this way. Take responsibility!
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