DG Tony Hall writes in "The Daily Mirror"

"The BBC let people down but we are working hard to win back your trust".

"This has been a tough few months for the BBC. From Savile to payoffs, the BBC got it wrong and let people down.
We lost your trust. We are now working hard to get it back.
As the new Director-General my job is to fix the problems of the past. The BBC lost its way on pay and we must put that right."


"When I started in broadcasting, journalists came from ordinary families with average incomes.
Coming from Birkenhead, I felt at home with a generation full of Liverpudlians, Mancunians, Glaswegians.
We were overwhelmingly white and male, but at least we were from all classes.
Since then things have gone backwards"

The "Daily Mirror" article may be found here.