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| BBC boss in meeting over lapses | |
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| The BBC Trust is due to meet the corporation's director general Mark Thompson over recent editorial lapses. | The BBC Trust is due to meet the corporation's director general Mark Thompson over recent editorial lapses. |
| These included a trailer shown to journalists for a documentary series which appeared to show the Queen storming out of a photo shoot. | These included a trailer shown to journalists for a documentary series which appeared to show the Queen storming out of a photo shoot. |
| The BBC and the company which made the clip have both apologised. | The BBC and the company which made the clip have both apologised. |
| The trust, which represents licence payers, will also discuss the BBC's fine by media regulator Ofcom for faking a Blue Peter competition winner. | The trust, which represents licence payers, will also discuss the BBC's fine by media regulator Ofcom for faking a Blue Peter competition winner. |
| Error of judgement | Error of judgement |
| Mr Thompson will give his account of both incidents, and the Trust is expected to outline its response. | Mr Thompson will give his account of both incidents, and the Trust is expected to outline its response. |
| He has said he will set out how he intends to minimise the risk of anything like these "totally unacceptable incidents ever happening again". | He has said he will set out how he intends to minimise the risk of anything like these "totally unacceptable incidents ever happening again". |
| BBC One's autumn launch promotion created the impression that the Queen had stormed out of a photoshoot with photographer Annie Leibovitz during the filming of A Year With The Queen. | BBC One's autumn launch promotion created the impression that the Queen had stormed out of a photoshoot with photographer Annie Leibovitz during the filming of A Year With The Queen. |
| The production company, RDF, has admitted it made a serious error of judgement in "manipulating the chronology" of the footage. | The production company, RDF, has admitted it made a serious error of judgement in "manipulating the chronology" of the footage. |
| The controller of BBC One, Peter Fincham, said he was not planning to resign. | |
| Earlier in the week, the BBC was handed its first ever fine of £50,000 after the results of the Blue Peter competition were faked last November. | Earlier in the week, the BBC was handed its first ever fine of £50,000 after the results of the Blue Peter competition were faked last November. |
| In the wake of both blunders, Mr Thompson apologised and urged BBC programme-makers to report other occasions where audiences may have been deceived. | In the wake of both blunders, Mr Thompson apologised and urged BBC programme-makers to report other occasions where audiences may have been deceived. |
| Mr Thompson told staff: "We cannot allow even a small number of lapses, whether intentional or as a result of sloppiness, to undermine our reputation and the confidence of the public." | Mr Thompson told staff: "We cannot allow even a small number of lapses, whether intentional or as a result of sloppiness, to undermine our reputation and the confidence of the public." |