"It fundamentally reaches into all areas of the company," said Mr. Rath, thumbing through a 500-page guide to the intricacies of co-determination law.
He said it was now vital to establish how a report which was so "fundamentally wrong" ever reached the screen, despite having been referred to lawyers and the BBC board of management.
He cited the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, who in a speech this week had said that while reining in budget deficits through austerity was "fundamentally right," it had "reached its limits" and needed "the minimum of political and social support".
"We believe the processes that took place today and the conclusions reached are fundamentally flawed," she added.
The Democratic Unionist Party, which offers vital support in key votes to the Tory government, says details of the draft treaty have "fundamentally breached" an agreement reached in Brussels late last year.
Our research found that there are people who don't yet support marriage but who are fundamentally easier to reach than other marriage opponents.
More fundamentally, however, to reach its true potential, the civil legal aid community needs to rethink its approach to the civil legal aid crisis in America.
We all have setbacks, but a perfectionist will interpret his setback to mean he's fundamentally unfit to reach his goal.
Because present EDL technology has reached its limits, fundamentally new approaches are needed to significantly extend capabilities.
"While this policy is fundamentally right, I think it has reached its limits in many respects," he said.
The European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, said on Monday: "While I think this [austerity] policy is fundamentally right, I think it has reached its limits.
