PAUL BRACCHI: Former BBC director-general Sir Mark Thompson - he was knighted in the King's birthday honours in June - has enjoyed a glittering career in the U.S.
into the next presidential election. 'There isn't a more experienced, respected or capable executive in the news business today,' declared the announcement confirming his appointment.
All but forgotten in the frenetic stream of accusations over the past week is that Thompson was director-general throughout Brand's career at the BBC — both when Brand joined in 2006 and was touted 'as the future of radio' and when he left in disgrace in 2008 in the aftermath of Sachsgate.Advertisement
A spokesman for CNN, when contacted this week, stressed that the former director-general had taken immediate, decisive action in the wake of the Sachsgate furore which had resulted in Brand leaving the BBC, adding: 'Like everyone else Mark is horrified by the alleged behaviour of Russell Brand that has recently come to light.'
Russell Brand takes part in a discussion at Esquire Townhouse, Carlton House Terrace on October 14, 2017 Yes, times have changed but this should not excuse the culture of sycophancy that surrounded him at the BBC, where the word 'no' seems never to have been uttered. It was epitomised by the fact that his own company, Vanity Projects , was allowed to produce his late-night Radio 2 Saturday show, which culminated in Sachsgate. 'The grown-ups had left the room,' one TV source told us.
Brand says the allegations against him, which he vehemently denies, are the product of a 'mainstream media conspiracy' — ironic in the circumstances.Even if all the allegations against Brand turn out to be unfounded, there was enough evidence about his sleazy lifestyle to have made him unemployable at the BBC.
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