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.
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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.
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“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.
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