15 November 2012
Who was the ghostly presence guiding Tim Davie through his car-crash interview on Sky? Uneasy with questions about George Entwistle’s resignation, Davie was seen looking over the camera at someone.
Eagle-eyed viewers noted a glass screen behind Davie reflecting the image of an agitated stout man, seeming to exhort him to wind up the interview. Davie duly walked off set.
Without wishing to implicate the wrong man, à la Newsnight, could it be Paul Mylrea, the BBC’s £154,000-a-year director of communications, who had recently been sidelined by Entwistle?
When the Londoner called the press office to ask, there was a sudden outbreak of curiosity. “Could you let me know what you are writing about it?” asked a press officer, repeatedly.
