BBC review clears journalists of hacking phones or computers

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/09/bbc-review-clears-journalists-hacking

By Mark Sweney
guardian.co.uk
9 December 2011

A wide-ranging BBC review launched in the wake of the News of the World 
phone-hacking scandal has concluded there is no evidence of phone or 
computer hacking or bribery by the corporation's journalists, although 
it found that private investigators are occasionally used.

However, despite the clean bill of health, BBC director general Mark 
Thompson is to recommend a beefing up of guidelines for journalists.

The internal review, launched in July to look into the BBC's editorial 
practices and policies in investigative journalism, found that private 
investigators are used occasionally for tasks such as locating or 
identifying "subjects of significant public interest programmes".

Thompson, addressing the monthly meeting of the BBC Trust, said that the 
findings of the review were very encouraging.

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