Martin Bashir blamed ‘professional jealousy’ for Panorama document forgery story
by Charlotte McLaughlin
Jan 31, 2024
3 minutes
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Martin Bashir suggested allegations he secured an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales through deceit were due to him being “non-white” and would not have been made had he been a Dimbleby, new documents show.
An email, written by the journalist just months before documentaries into the Panorama interview exposed the scandal, was disclosed after the BBC was ordered by a judge in December to hand over around 3,000 files relating to the affair.
Journalist Andy Webb had put in a freedom
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