ITV is ‘lurching from one tragic disaster to another’, says Parliament’s media committee boss
UNDER-fire ITV is “lurching from one tragic disaster to another”, Parliament’s media committee boss reckons.
Dame Caroline Dinenage insisted: “The public must have confidence in broadcasters to make sure they’re robustly safeguarding the interests of their staff.
“Unfortunately ITV don’t have a good track record over the years. We’ve had incidents with Love Island, with Caroline Flack.
“They seem to be lurching from one tragic disaster to another.”
Ex-Love Island host Caroline killed herself in 2020 aged 40.
Her mum Christine slammed ITV for not learning lessons.
Dame Dinenage will grill £3.5million-a-year CEO Carolyn McCall later this month.
The MP told GB News it is time the broadcaster’s boss “answered a few questions”.
In a letter to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, McCall, 61, wrote: “Both parties were questioned then and both categorically and repeatedly denied the rumours, as did Phillip’s then agency, YMU.
“In addition, ITV spoke to a number of people who worked on the This Morning and wider Daytime team and were not provided with, and did not find any evidence of, a relationship beyond hearsay and rumour.
“Given the ongoing rumours, we continued to ask questions of both parties, who both continued to deny the rumours, including as recently as this month.”
McCall has since called in a top lawyer for an external review of This Morning’s workplace culture.