jo greenhorn said: john brooks also wondered: andrew garrett asked: it was the website buzzfeed whichhe 35 page dossier in full on tuesday evening. while understanding that it was impossible for the bbc to ignore, some viewers felt the corporation wrongly allowed it to dominate their coverage. brian watson e—mailed on wednesday: well, the editor of the bbc‘s news at 6pm and news at 10pm is paul royal and he's with me now. it's been a big revelation that the bbc was aware of allegations a blackmail tape might exist some months ago. let's start with that. how did the bbc find out about it and why did the bbc decide not to report on it at all? the bbc like other news organisations became aware of the existence of this dossier and these potential allegations. obviously we have robust editorial processes we go through in terms of verification and trying to substantiate the allegations. we couldn't, they're unproven and so we weren't publishing them. in the end, as we saw this week, buzzfeed news decided they were going to publish the 35 page dossier and allegations and they have their own

jo greenhorn said: john brooks also wondered: andrew garrett asked: it was the website buzzfeed whichorporation wrongly allowed it to dominate their coverage. brian watson e—mailed on wednesday: well, the editor of the bbc‘s news at 6 and news at 10 is paul royall and he's with me now. it's been a big revelation that the bbc was aware of allegations a blackmail tape might exist some months ago. let's start with that. how did the bbc find out about it and why did the bbc decide not to report on it at all? the bbc, like other news organisations, became aware of the existence of this dossier and these potential allegations. obviously we have robust editorial processes we go through in terms of verification and trying to substantiate the allegations. we couldn't, they're unproven, and so we weren't publishing them. in the end, as we saw this week, buzzfeed news decided they were going to publish the 35—page dossier and allegations and they had their own editorial rationale and case law that. given that these allegations are still not verified now, some viewers will be saying, well, should