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To: maceng2 who wrote (562)	1/29/2004 1:10:26 PM
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Masses of BBC staff in protest walk-out ananova.com [Looks as if the sheeple aren't happy. Question being asked is "OK BBC bosses were wrong and resigned. Tony Blair is also wrong so where is the resignation"?] Up to a thousand workers have walked out of BBC TV Centre, Broadcasting House and regional BBC offices over the departures of Director General Greg Dyke and chairman Gavyn Davies. The protests, which reportedly stretch to offices in Glasgow, come after the BBC bosses quit their posts over the David Kelly affair after offering apologies to the Government. BBC Somerset Sound radio went off air for a minute in protest at Mr Dyke's resignation and the "abject" apology from the BBC. The Taunton-based station's assistant editor, Simon Clifford, said the action was a protest by everyone at the radio station and said he was "shell-shocked" by the afternoon's events. Harry Matharu, 42, who works in the technology department, said outside Broadcasting House: "I'm totally shocked and devastated, just like the majority of staff in the BBC. Greg has done more for the BBC than anyone else. He's approachable, caring and listens to staff at all levels. "I think it's a major tragedy for the BBC that he's gone, and I don't think Greg and Gavyn should have resigned. The Hutton Report misses out so much information and focuses on a narrow area and we are scrutinised to the highest level." Richard Curtis, 35, an engineer at Radio 4, said: "My main concern is that with the climbing down, the news gatherers will stop their task of questioning the Government and holding it to account." Martin Montague, 31, a producer on digital radio station BBC7, said: "I know that people in local radio think he walks on water because of all that he's put into that. As for the Hutton Report, the word whitewash comes to mind."