The BBC, Britain’s state media giant, in under unprecedented attack for its part in events leading the death of David Kelly. It has been blamed by MP Robert Jackson for the apparent suicide of the weapons expert.
The BBC justified its broadcasting of uncorroborated allegations about the government “sexing up” a dossier on Iraqi weapons on the grounds that its source was from within the intelligence services and sufficiently reliable to be trusted. This justification has been totally undercut by the revelation that the source was Dr. Kelly, who did not work for the intelligence services and who denied the accuracy of the BBC?s report.