Jeremy Vine requires unnamed BBC presenter to return ahead
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eremy Vine and Piers Morgan are among the many excessive profile figures who’ve known as for the unnamed presenter on the coronary heart of the BBC scandal to return ahead publicly for the great of his colleagues on the company.
Fresh claims concerning the nameless man emerged on Tuesday, following earlier allegations over funds he had made for sexually express images.
The Sun newspaper’s entrance web page on Wednesday additionally reported {that a} 23-year-old particular person has claimed the presenter broke lockdown guidelines to satisfy them throughout the pandemic in February 2021.
Posting on-line on Tuesday, Vine stated the newest allegations would lead to “yet more vitriol being thrown at perfectly innocent colleagues” on the BBC.
Vine is certainly one of a number of celebrities, together with Nicky Campbell, Gary Lineker and Rylan Clark, who’ve publicly acknowledged that they don’t seem to be the presenter in query, because the allegations have been first made public.
“I’m starting to think the BBC Presenter involved in the scandal should now come forward publicly,” Vine wrote on Twitter.
“These new allegations will result in yet more vitriol being thrown at perfectly innocent colleagues of his.
“And the BBC, which I’m sure he loves, is on its knees with this. But it is his decision and his alone.”
Talk TV host Piers Morgan stated the unnamed presenter ought to come ahead “for the good of his colleagues, the BBC and himself”.
“It’s only a matter of time before he loses agency in the situation (and) somebody blurts out in parliament, or on a less responsible network,” he stated.
“For the good of his colleagues, the BBC, and himself and his reputation, it is surely time for that presenter to reveal his own identity, and to vow to clear his name and defend himself if that’s what he can do.”
David Keighley, former BBC news producer and director of News-watch, stated the presenter’s persevering with anonymity was inflicting “reputational damage” to the person’s colleagues.
“What needs to be done here is a very thorough investigation, and conclusions can’t be jumped to until we know the full facts,” he stated, talking to Times Radio.
“But at the same time, you’ve got a developing situation, which is because it has been contained in the way it has. And we stress again, we don’t know precisely why that is.
“It is causing reputational damage, not just to the BBC itself, but to other presenters. It’s spreading like a cancer, is the problem.”
Publicist and strategist Mark Borkowski additionally informed Times Radio the presenter couldn’t go unnamed for much longer.
“We’ve got a situation where it’s an ongoing car crash and the BBC is so glacial about how they’re dealing with this, because this is a 21st century problem,” he stated.
“They’re dealing with 20th century, sort of communication processes. We’re above it all.
“There’s a heavy legal duty on this and a duty of care, which makes it a nightmare for anybody managing this and to say that, okay, but I don’t believe that it can carry on for much longer that this person is not named”.
BBC director-general Tim Davie has ordered a overview to “assess how some complaints are red flagged up the organisation”.
He has stated the BBC is coping with a “complex and difficult situation” after the “serious allegations”.