Another day, another drama at the BBC. Now it transpires that one of the corporation’s top newsreaders Clive Myrie failed to declare up to a quarter of a million pounds worth of ‘external events’ that he was involved in outside of his BBC job. Dear oh dear…
As well as undertaking his newsreader role, the Beeb staffer has also been paid for a number of speaking and hosting work – but when it came to logging the additional work on the broadcaster’s external events register, Myrie fell short. It took the press getting in touch with the BBC over the issue for the star presenter to register 29 late entries – charging £10,000 a pop for most gigs. Alright for some!
Taking to Twitter today, Myrie has apologised for his indiscretions – which date from the the first quarter of 2021 to July 2024 – writing:
An apology – I’ve had several administrative issues, and I didn’t fill out the correct paperwork for some of my external public events, so they haven’t been published until now. I’ve told the BBC I won’t be taking part in any more paid external events in the foreseeable future, beyond a handful of pre-existing commitments, so that this doesn’t happen again. My sincere apologies. Thanks, Clive.
It’s certainly not a good look for the BBC man, who is already one of the corporation’s highest-paid employees. Myrie receives £315,000 a year for his BBC News job and receives additional pay for presenting Mastermind. Factoring in other events, some of which the newsreader has charged over £10,000 for, Myrie is not doing all that badly. The Beeb pledges to ‘provide high-quality news coverage’ which is ‘based on British values of accuracy’. Perhaps it should take a closer look at some of its own staff first, eh?
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