BBC Collusion and Coverup on How Bashir Got Diana to do that Panorama Interview

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Who gives a fuck? Unlike the rest of the press and the rest of the Royal Family, he gave her more of a platform to do the good and worthwhile charitable work that she is remembered for.

So, you don't think there's an important story here about one of the world's most prestigious news outlets preying on a vulnerable woman with falsified documents so they can get a great scoop?

The interview turned the course of her life around in a way she didn't want. The BBC covered up the evidence even though a whistleblower tried to get it out at the time.

Nothing to see here about major press malfeasance? Just because the target was Diana?

Shame on you.

Shame on me? Meh. No, in all honesty, I don't care at all. As a public figure after that interview, she was able to be a princess who used her common touch for good rather than remain shackled to not even the Royal Family but the cringing, crawling Grima Wormtongues that make up the courtiers.

Not clutching my pearls at corruption of the BBC. The BBC is a solid and thorough news service and their radio output is especially good, but is as corrupt an organisation as any. They sheltered rapists and murders and paedophiles in their ranks and frequently pull stories that may offend politicians, the Royals or the aristocracy. The lie, lie, lie, hide and lie some more, but it's no big surprise from any large organisation.

No one cares, R3. She was herself a deeply manipulative woman. Piss off.

She conducted affairs with married men, causing the wives of those married men a lot of anguish. Fuck her and you, OP.

It appears now that, as could have been predicted, large lawsuits are in the offing, including by the graphic artist who did the fake bank statements but who was never called or interviewed by the BBC in its initial "investigation" - ditto the whistleblower who tried to get the scandal out there 25 years ago, and possibly members of Diana's family.

I find it very strange that Spencer has released this when he knows that Bashir is too sick to be able to respond to it and possibly debunk his claims. He has only had 24 years to do it. Why now?

Typical British gutter press.

We used to look down our noses at it, and rightfully so, until Murdoch brought it here with the NY Post and Fox News.

This is a huge story, I'm surprised that it was dismissed on DL because she had affairs and that's immoral. Are we nothing but frau trolls nowadays?

Bashir is apparently not sick, R9.

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Is there a more English name than Tiggy Legge-Bourke?

Does he have a white Fiat Uno?

Maybe both things are true: Bashir acted dishonestly & deceptively, but Diana was on a search & destroy mission (not unlike how her son retaliated at his brother and his wife for real/perceived wrongs, while blowing up his own reputation and public goodwill in the process) and failed to realize the full ramifications of her actions. And yes, the timing on this is very odd...

The BBC was and still is rancid. They knowingly covered up and enabled that pedo freak cunt Jimmy Saville for fucking years. Now they shill for Boris J while bilking the tax payers for millions. They all need to die in a grease fire.

I live in London and never paid for a TV licence. Not giving the BBC my £158 yearly

Does anyone really care 25 years later?

I bet he sniffed the chair after Diana left.

Took 19 posts to get the story/link .D L has gone to shit.

New episodes of THE CROWN begin here next week and will bring new attention to Diana and the case, wait and see.

The BBC may be "relatively uncorrupt for a news organization", but anybody who has spent time around the media knows that "relatively uncorrupt" still means "pretty damn corrupt".

The BBC have banned “virtue signalling” (yes, they use the actual words “virtue signalling”) and won’t let their day reporters attend Pride.

However, poppy wearing is still mandatory and Christmas is not cancelled.

I really love Diana, not because she was a saint. She was a mess. But a fun mess who seemed truly empathetic to people in crisis. And she stood up for herself against a very powerful institution.

She was also incredibly self destructive, which led to the Morton book, this interview, and a lot of terrible choices in men.

Who among us hasn’t behaved completely stupidly when rejected? And who among us wasn't a complete drama queen in our live lives in our 20s and 30s?

She was human, a bit nuts, and pretty brave. She probably would have selected a terrible 2nd husband before finally chucking him and having a good life.

I love her too R24. She seemed like a genuinely good person who got caught up in something bigger than herself. They certainly underestimated her though.

R18, maybe a California couple on a rampage against the media and the BRF?

Even if she was already thinking of a way to go to the media about her marriage, it's still unethical for Bashir and the BBC to fake documentation to engender trust and secure an interview.

R13 - Marigold Churchill?

R20 - Pardon? OP here: the link of the earlier story is posted up top in the first post.

R13 -Vita Sackville-West?

[quote] The BBC have banned “virtue signalling” (yes, they use the actual words “virtue signalling”) and won’t let their day reporters attend Pride.

As they should. Pride parades are political full of antisemitism, anti-political candidates, defund the police, etc. The BBC doesn’t want to show bias.

Diana knew the royals owned her children, had the media in their back pocket and could destroy her. She was chosen by Charles and Camilla to carry on their affair. She also had the weight of the entire country on her. She didn’t want to be shunned for not making her fairytale marriage work. She was shrewd and in many ways totally justified in what she did. It was survival.

I think it is an honest, moving interview.

Poor defenseless Princess. Fuck off. She knowingly sold herself to a rich old man to be used for breeding purposes.

R34 - Charles was 32 when they got married. How does that rise to the threshold of "old"?

Diana was no saint, it is true, but she was emotionally labile with severe problems and desperate to save a marriage that had been going south for nearly a decade.

Bashir playing on to land a big news scoop including with forged documents and suggestions so ludicrous as to be staggering (Charles gave William a Swatch watch with a recording device in it so he could spy on his mother for his father?) was despicable no matter who his target was.

It isn't provable but it's plausible that his luring Diana into that interview played a role in her early death. No matter how distasteful I found her antics or how bad her judgement, she was still the mother of two youngish children.

I'm sure the loony Michael Jackson fans are chomping at the bit since they loathe Bashir.

Let's face it Bashir is slimey. Always has been.

She's dead, so forget about her. NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IF I'M OKAY.

Today's DM quotes Bashir as saying he'll "probably retire" from the BBC after he survives COVID.

After he launched a major career and got rich off exploiting a sick woman's fantasies about persecution with lies and fake documents.

He should face more consequence than a late disgrace close to retirement and a very comfy life on his ill-gotten gains.

So should the BBC, always touting its responsibility to the public which pays a hefty annual fee to access it, as well as its status as one of the most "trusted" media outlets in the world.

Podcast "You are wrong about" did 5-part series about her, and it's really good. She was Hot Mess Express, but she also was genuinely kind and caring person. Her charity came from her heart, not from PR meeting. And i will always respect her for bringing AIDS awareness on the highest level.

BBC claims today that it has "uncovered" a handwritten letter from Diana "exonerating" Bashir in the initial investigation . . . that somehow went missing but voila! has turned up as the scandal breaks, but somehow that forger who did the faked bank statements for Bashir hasn't been contradicted.

What a fucking nutjob Diana was. I know there's a really good movie in this about why the older brother made it his business to avoid marrying a woman like his mother, and the younger brother made it his business to marry a woman Just Like Mum.