A new member of the dramatis personae in The Court of Public Opinion v Martin Bashir. Peter Horrocks, one of the BBC's 'competitive dads' at the turn of the century, then running tv current affairs, wrote to his counterparts at ITV, complaining about their employee's tactics in securing interviews with victims of Harold Shipman.
'What Martin does crosses the line of acceptability. Potential interviewees told us that Martin suggested they should not speak to us because Panorama were liars and could not be trusted. One relative of a victim said Martin had claimed that Panorama would sabotage the prosecution by broadcasting before the end of the trial...I would ask that you take steps to control Martin in the future.'
The letter was discovered by Channel 4 News. Perhaps ITV should have a retrospective inquiry about Mr Bashir while he was in their custody.
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