BBC cancels Boris Johnson interview after ‘humiliating’ mistake by interviewer

The BBC has canceled a prime-time interview with former prime minister Boris Johnson after one of its best-known journalists, Laura Kunsberg, the network’s former political editor, accidentally sent him the notes she had prepared for the questions. her. Kunsberg, who every Sunday presents the BBC’s morning news show – the crown jewel of the network’s Sunday schedule – explained that she had accidentally sent Johnson her notes “in a message intended for my colleagues” and meant the interview had to be cancelled. “It is very unpleasant and there is no reason to pretend that it is anything less than humiliating and disappointing as there are many important questions to be asked. But I’m not blushing any more, honesty is the best treatment,” the journalist wrote in X. As a public broadcaster, the BBC comes under heavy scrutiny for how it holds politicians to account with featured […]
Source: News Beast

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