Cohen v Munro

BBC Global Director Jonathan Munro has enraged former BBC executive-turned-serial-complainer Danny Cohen with his defence of the work of BBC Arabic news teams in front of MPs earlier this week.  Mr Cohen writes in The Telegraph:  "That BBC leaders are unwilling to admit the corporation’s failings when questioned by our elected representatives is a serious breach of standards."

Here's a bit from Hansard's transcript of Mr Munro's contribution:

"In terms of complaints against Arabic, members of the Committees might be familiar with the complaints process, which is overseen at the top level by an independent group called the ECU, the executive complaints unit. It has dealt with seven, or I think it might be eight now, complaints, all of which have come from one source, against BBC Arabic. None of those complaints has been upheld. While it is important for us always to be open to critique—and we genuinely are; we have had several meetings
with internal and external stakeholders on both sides of the divide on this story, and we will continue to engage with them when helpful—any shorthand summary that says that there have been lots of complaints
upheld is not actually fair on Arabic."