By DAWN.COM

Posted on: 3:56 pm | November 13, 2012

The head of news at the British Broadcasting Corporation stepped aside on Monday after a programme falsely accusing a former senior politician of child abuse sparked one of the worst crises in the publicly-funded broadcaster’s 90-year history. – Video by Reuters

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