Angus Stickler Explained

Angus Stickler (born 1964) was the lead reporter for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism until his resignation in December 2012.[1] In 2006 he was named News Journalist of the Year at the 24th Sony Radio Academy Awards.[2] In 2011 he won the UACES/Thomson Reuters Reporting Europe prize for the Bureau's investigation into EU structural funds.[3] In 2011 he won an Amnesty International Media Award for his work on the Bureau's website.[4]

BBC Newsnight

Stickler made the headlines in November 2012 when an investigation he led for the BBC programme Newsnight was found to have falsely implicated a former senior Conservative politician in the North Wales child abuse scandal.[5]

The person who was the focus of the Newsnight broadcast was widely identified on the internet as the former Conservative Party Treasurer Lord McAlpine.[6] Lord McAlpine issued a statement strongly denying the accusations.[7] This allegation was subsequently admitted by the BBC to be false.[8]

The broadcasting of the false claim led to the resignation of George Entwistle as Director-General of the BBC on 10 November 2012.[9] Lord Patten, Chairman of the BBC Trust, described the report as "unacceptable shoddy journalism".[10]

Stickler resigned from the Bureau in light of the Newsnight report.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who we are: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism . Thebureauinvestigates.com . 2012-11-15.
  2. News: Sony Radio Academy Awards 2006: nominations | Media | MediaGuardian . Guardian . 2006-03-28 . 2012-11-15 . London.
  3. Web site: Winner Announced. 30 November 2010. 5 November 2022. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326121947/http://reportingeurope.eu/548/winner-announced/. 26 March 2012. Time Back Machine.
  4. Web site: AIUK : Media Awards . Amnesty.org.uk . 2012-11-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130112212735/http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10058 . 12 January 2013 .
  5. News: Crisis at the BBC: Timeline of events . BBC News . 2012-12-19.
  6. News: George Entwistle resigns as director general of the BBC . London . The Guardian . David . Batty . Alexis . Mitchell . 2012-11-10.
  7. News: Lord McAlpine responds: statement in full . London . The Daily Telegraph . 2012-11-09.
  8. News: George Entwistle resigns as director general of the BBC . London . The Guardian . David . Batty . Alexis . Mitchell . 2012-11-10.
  9. News: George Entwistle quits as director-general over Newsnight fiasco . London . The Daily Telegraph . Robert . Mendick . Patrick . Hennessy . 2012-11-10.
  10. News: George Entwistle quits as director-general over Newsnight fiasco . London . The Daily Telegraph . Robert . Mendick . Patrick . Hennessy . 2012-11-10.
  11. Web site: Angus Stickler resigns from Bureau of Investigative Journalism over Newsnight documentary. 11 December 2012 .

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