BBC Rejects Tim Willcox Complaints

The BBC’s complaints procedure is a drawn-out process. HonestReporting and many others initiated complaints concerning Tim Willcox’s outrageous reporting in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo and kosher supermarket terror attacks in Paris.We have now received a detailed response from the BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit, which can be read in full below:

BBC Editorial Complaints Unit Response to Tim Willcox Complaints

In response, HonestReporting Managing Editor Simon Plosker said:

The BBC’s latest response to the Tim Willcox affair is yet further evidence that the BBC cannot be trusted to investigate its own journalistic failings. While this may be a provisional finding, there’s no reason to believe that we are looking at anything but a complete whitewash.

 

The arguments laid out by the BBC make me wonder if the Editorial Complaints Unit reviewed a completely different piece of footage to the rest of us. Let it be clear: Tim Willcox should be held accountable for the appalling statements and questions that he broadcast from Paris that day. Clearly, the BBC is unwilling to make this happen.