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'''Martin Henry Bashir''' (born 19 January 1963) is a
Bashir worked for the [[BBC]] from 1986 until 1999 on programmes including ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' before joining [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. From 2004 to 2016, he worked in New York, first as an anchor for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Nightline]]'' and then as a political commentator for [[MSNBC]], hosting his own programme, ''[[Martin Bashir (TV program)|Martin Bashir]]'', and a correspondent for [[NBC]]'s ''[[Dateline NBC]]''. He resigned from his position at MSNBC in December 2013 after making "ill-judged" comments about the former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential candidate [[Sarah Palin]].<ref name="CarterNYT12052013">{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Bill |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/business/media/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc-over-palin-comments.html |title=Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC Over Palin Comments |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 December 2013 }}</ref> In 2016, he returned to the BBC as religious affairs correspondent, and
The ''Panorama'' interview Bashir conducted with the Princess of Wales in 1995 led the BBC's director general [[Tim Davie]] to apologise to the brother of the princess, [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer|Earl Spencer]], for Bashir's use of faked bank statements to gain the interview with his sister.<ref name="STimes20201101">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-dianas-brother-earl-spencer-for-interview-deceit-ghfjqbbbx|title=BBC says sorry to Diana's brother Earl Spencer for interview 'deceit'|work=The Sunday Times|last=Urwin|first=Rosamund|date=1 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020|quote=Spencer is understood to have told Davie that he has records of all his meetings and conversations with Bashir. These are alleged to show that Bashir told Diana fantastical stories to win her trust and that he used the fake bank statements to garner his first meeting with her.}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Former Justice of the Supreme Court [[John Dyson, Lord Dyson]] conducted an independent inquiry into the issue.<ref name="Gdn20201119">{{cite news|last=Waterson|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/18/bbc-appoints-ex-judge-to-investigate-martin-bashir-princess-diana-intervew|title=Prince William welcomes BBC's investigation into Diana interview|work=The Guardian|date=19 November 2020|access-date=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=RTE2020-11-18-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2020/1118/1179010-bbc-diana-interview-investigation/|title=BBC announces investigation into 1995 Diana interview|publisher=[[RTE]]|agency=AFP|date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref> Lord Dyson's inquiry found Bashir guilty of deceit and breaching BBC editorial conduct to obtain the interview.<ref name="Guitly-Inquiry">{{cite news|last1=Mendick|first1=Robert|last2=Yorke|first2=Harry|last3=Ward|first3=Victoria|title=Princess Diana interview probe to find BBC's Martin Bashir guilty of deceit |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/19/princess-diana-interview-probe-find-bbcs-martin-bashir-guilty/|date=19 May 2021|access-date=19 May 2021|work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=William|title=BBC reporter used 'deceitful behaviour' to secure 1995 Princess Diana interview, investigation concludes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/princess-diana-martin-bashir/2021/05/20/21513188-b973-11eb-bc4a-62849cf6cca9_story.html|date=20 May 2021|access-date=20 May 2021|quote=The former judge found that Bashir carried out a sophisticated ruse and lied to his bosses about it, and that the BBC, having been alerted to his behavior, mostly papered over it and sought to evade scrutiny on the topic.|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> The [[Metropolitan Police]] stated, "Following the publication of Lord Dyson's report we will assess its contents to ensure there is no significant new evidence."<ref>
==Early life and education==
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In November 2020, 25 years later, the BBC director general [[Tim Davie]] apologised to [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer|Earl Spencer]], the brother of the princess, for the use of fake bank statements falsely indicating people close to her had been paid for spying.<ref name="STimes20201101" /><ref name="NYT20201111" /> The fake bank statements had been created by one of the corporation's [[Freelancer|freelance]] graphic designers, Matt Wiessler. However a 1996 internal BBC investigation concluded that the fake documents were not used to secure the interview and cleared Bashir of any wrongdoing. The inquiry, following a ''[[Mail on Sunday]]'' account of the falsified documents,<ref>{{cite news|last=Tobitt|first=Charlotte|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/mail-on-sunday-journalists-who-exposed-martin-bashir-diana-fakery-24-years-ago-say-story-was-ignored/|title=Mail on Sunday journalists who exposed Martin Bashir Diana fakery 24 years ago say story was ignored|work=Press Gazette|date=11 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> was headed by [[Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead|Tony Hall]], who later became BBC director-general and was succeeded by Tim Davie in 2020. Hall acknowledged having never interviewed Matt Wiessler for the 1996 internal inquiry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=2020-11-10|title=BBC Investigating Explosive 1995 Princess Diana Interview as Scandal Blows Up|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/bbc-princess-diana-panorama-martin-bashir-1234827225/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Wiessler said in 2020 that work dried up for him after the 1996 inquiry cleared Bashir, and said he had been made the scapegoat.<ref name="BBC20201110">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54886395|title=Princess Diana interview: Designer Matt Wiessler 'angry' at BBC treatment|work=BBC News|date=10 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
Earl Spencer, another individual who was not interviewed in 1996, rejected the apology and demanded an inquiry.<ref name="Gdn20201104">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/04/diana-brother-earl-spencer-demands-inquiry-deceit-bbc-interview|title=Diana's brother demands inquiry over 'deceit' that led to BBC interview|work=The Guardian|last=Waterson|first=Jim|date=4 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref> Spencer told Davie he possessed records of all his contacts with Bashir which apparently imply the journalist told the princess false information to gain her trust.<ref name="STimes20201101" /> He said that Bashir had made false and defamatory claims about senior members of the royal family and, without the faked documents,
At the time of the revelations about his interview with the princess, Bashir was seriously ill,<ref name="BBC20201110" /> which the BBC said had required postponing full investigation of the controversy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Parveen|first1=Nazia|last2=Waterson|first2=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/03/princess-diana-brother-charles-spencer-calls-for-bbc-inquiry-into-faked-bank-statements|title=Martin Bashir to face questions over Diana interview when he recovers from Covid|work=The Guardian|date=3 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
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