Sentence examples for editorial compliance from inspiring English sources
The BBC's commercial arm is creating a small in-house unit to oversee the management, editorial compliance and contractual relationship with Exponent.
But the latest episode would struggle to fill even a half-hour slot on the BBC, once it had been shown to the Head of Editorial Compliance.
In a line that Litten gives Hewson – "My pussy had a sneezing fit" – the audience, the other characters and the BBC editorial compliance department are so in on the gag that it's effectively a single entendre.
The imposition of Orwellian editorial "compliance" standards on programmes after the Hutton Inquiry, which criticised the BBC following the Iraq war row, have reinforced a tendency to refer decisions upward, rather than wield responsibility directly.
The BBC's head of editorial compliance, David Jordan, told a joint Commons and Lords committee investigating the use of injunctions that Marr would have breached the corporation's rules on conflict of interest if he had discussed gagging orders on air without disclosing to bosses that his own was active.
If Amazon Originals even has a Head of Editorial Compliance, they seem to be no more bothered than most viewers about whether Hammond and May really are destroying Clarkson's house with bulldozers (a pay-off from a bet in show one), or that a scene in which the other two are trying to strand Hammond at a hotel is clearly scripted.
However, that close involvement has the potential to give rise to conflicts regarding editorial or compliance issues".
He is regarded within the industry as a safe pair of hands and the BBC will be looking for him to strengthen Radio 2's editorial and compliance processes after the traumas of Sachsgate.
"But creative input must not be confused with responsibility for editorial standards and compliance.
The BBC said that the incident was a "regrettable failure of editorial judgement and compliance processes".
"Editorial control and compliance procedures in non-news areas of the BBC's Audio and Music department are inadequate and need to be strengthened," the trust said.
