Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: La maggioranza degli Inglesi crede alla BBC, non al rapporto Hutton

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/30/nhutt30.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/30/ixnewstop.html
Hutton a whitewash, say 56pc
By George Jones, Tom Leonard and Matt Born
 (Filed: 30/01/2004) 
A majority of voters thinks the Hutton report on events leading to the
death of Dr David Kelly is a "whitewash", a YouGov poll for The
Telegraph says today.
The public expressed doubts about the report's one-sided verdict,
which savaged the BBC while exonerating the Government, as Tony Blair
claimed a second scalp with the resignation of Greg Dyke, the BBC's
director-general. He also secured an "unreserved" apology from the
corporation's governors.
The survey found that 56 per cent of people interviewed said Lord
Hutton, as a member of the Establishment, was too ready to sympathise
with the Government.
Only 34 per cent thought his report represented a thorough and
impartial attempt to discover the truth about Dr Kelly's death.
After the BBC suffered the most traumatic 24 hours in its history, the
poll shows that the corporation is still trusted more than the
Government.
YouGov found that 67 per cent trust BBC news journalists to tell the
truth, compared with 31 per cent who trust the Government.
The finding is a blow to the Prime Minister, who had hoped that the
report would enable him to rebuild trust, badly damaged by the
controversy over the Iraq conflict.
He called a halt to his eight-month war with the BBC after what
amounted to an unconditional surrender by the corporation's board.
Sir Christopher Bland, a former BBC chairman, said Lord Hutton had
whitewashed the Government and "tarred and feathered the BBC".
Lord Rees-Mogg, a former vice-chairman of the BBC board, said the
report was a "bad bit of work". Clare Short, who resigned from the
Cabinet over the war, described it as "completely one-sided".
Mr Dyke resigned after Downing Street and Alastair Campbell, Mr
Blair's former communications chief, pressed for more heads to roll at
the BBC.
Officials made clear that Mr Blair was not satisfied with the
resignation of Gavyn Davies, the chairman of governors, or a qualified
apology issued by Mr Dyke immediately after Lord Hutton had criticised
the BBC's management from top to bottom.
Mr Dyke offered his resignation to the governors on Wednesday but was
"disappointed" when they made clear that they would accept it.
After Mr Dyke announced that he was going, Lord Ryder, the
corporation's acting chairman and a former Tory MP, said: "On behalf
of the BBC I have no hesitation in apologising unreservedly for our
errors and to the individuals whose reputations were affected by
them."
There were emotional scenes at the BBC Television Centre when he said
farewell and staff around the country staged protests. In an email to
employees, he confirmed that he did not want to go but acknowledged
that the BBC needed a new start. He urged staff not to be cowed and
said his aim had been to defend the corporation's editorial
independence.
Interviewed later, he said he did not regret backing Andrew Gilligan's
report that led to the whole affair by accusing the Government of
"sexing up" its dossier on Iraq's weapons. But he admitted "it was not
as accurate in places as it should have been".
Mr Dyke, who was criticised as a Labour "crony" when he was appointed
four years ago, said he felt justified in "going to the barricades
because [Mr Campbell] attacked us for having an anti-war agenda and
accused many of the BBC's journalists of being liars".
Welcoming the BBC's apology, Mr Blair said that all he had ever wanted
was the withdrawal of the serious accusation of deceit and duplicity
made against him.
He fully respected the BBC's independence. "I have no doubt that the
BBC will continue as it should do to probe and question the Government
in every proper way. What this does now is allow us to draw a line and
move on."
Downing Street said Mr Blair regarded Mr Davies and Mr Dyke as
"honourable and decent men who had done the decent and honourable
thing".
Mr Campbell, who launched an intemperate attack on the BBC after being
accused of "sexing up" the Iraq weapons dossier, accepted that the
affair was over. All he had wanted was the stain on his character
removed, he said.
The departure of the BBC's two top executives has left it rudderless
as it prepares to renegotiate the renewal of its charter. No 10 said
it hoped to appoint a new chairman of governors by Easter and that the
post would be advertised.
A new director-general will then be appointed by the governors. Mark
Byford, the deputy director-general, will step in temporarily.
Richard Sambrook, who had been expected to go, will keep his job as
the head of news, his staff were told.

a YouGov poll for The Telegraph says today.
Un poll fatto attraverso internet e che quindi lascia il tempo che trova
come tutti quelli dello stesso genere.
http://www.yougov.com/
-Stefano


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/30/nhutt30.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/30/ixnewstop.html
La maggioranza degli inglesi e degli italiani crede tutto quello che dice la
TV ... è risaputo e scientificamente provato.

 ha scritto nel messaggio
Probabilmente la maggioranza degli inglesi crede anche agli ufo.
Ciao
Ad'I