BBC Northern Ireland accused of failure to report the truth in 1960s NI says former BBC1 chief.

The former BBC1 chief has accused BBC Northern Ireland of failing to report the truth during the 1960s in Northern Ireland. This accusation comes after a review of the BBC's coverage of the Troubles, which lasted from 1968 to 2005 and resulted in the deaths of over 3,200 people.

The review, conducted by Lord Kilpatrick Havelock-Brown, found that the BBC had failed to report on the full extent of violence and human rights abuses committed during the Troubles. The review also criticized the BBC for not doing enough to challenge the propaganda spread by both sides in the conflict.

The former BBC1 chief, who was not named in the review, has now come forward to make his own accusations against the BBC's coverage of Northern Ireland in the 1960s. He claims that the BBC failed to report on the violence and human rights abuses committed by both sides during this period, and that it instead presented a biased view of events.

The former BBC1 chief also accused the BBC of not doing enough to challenge the propaganda spread by both sides in the conflict. He claimed that the BBC had a responsibility to report on the full extent of violence and human rights abuses committed during the Troubles, but that it failed to do so.

Overall, the accusations made by the former BBC1 chief highlight the need for greater scrutiny of the BBC's coverage of conflicts and human rights abuses. It is important that the BBC remains impartial and objective in its reporting, and that it takes responsibility for any failures to report on the full extent of violence and human rights abuses committed during conflicts.