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George Entwistle, left, BBC director general, stood with Lord Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, as he announced his resignation in London on Saturday.
London(ANN) The director general of the BBC has resigned in the wake of a controversial broadcast on child sex abuse, the BBC announced Saturday night.
The director, George Entwistle, issued a statement saying, “I have decided that the honorable thing to do is to step down.”
Earlier Saturday, Mr. Entwistle said the report, broadcast on the Newsnight program, never should have been broadcast.
The report wrongly implicated a former Conservative Party official, Alistair McAlpine, the BBC statement said.
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