Petition updateImmediately suspend Nick Robinson, pending investigation, for breach of BBC Trust Charter, Article 44.BBC Editorial Team Provisional "Finding"

Patrick McFaddenLondon, ENG, United Kingdom
Nov 5, 2014
Hi everybody,
The BBC Editorial Team's have published their provisional finding. Somewhat unsurprisingly, they find the following:
"In summary, then, I have found no evidence that Mr Robinson’s report was biased, and no basis for believing that he intended to mislead. I am, however, upholding the complaint that Mr Robinson’s use of the words “he did not answer” gave an inaccurate impression, albeit unintentionally. I believe this was the result of compressing his analysis. It would have been better if he had said “He did not answer the specific new warnings from business leaders”, or
words to that effect.That would have helped to explain his judgment to viewers and they would have been able to follow his thinking more clearly."
The full soul-searching, Robinson-interrogating response can be read here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_anu1tfutJjbnNyZ2t5T0p0LWoyTExOSGpid0VTcVpLWHZj/view?usp=sharing
I have 10 days to respond. For what it is worth, I will be responding.
Best,
Patrick
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