Editing Martin Bashir (section)

{{short description|British journalist (born 1963)}}
{{for|the former MSNBC show|Martin Bashir (TV program)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Martin Bashir
| image              = 5.5.07MartinBashirByLuigiNovi.jpg
| caption            = Bashir in 2007
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1963|1|19|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[London]], England
| education          = [[University of Winchester|King Alfred's College of Higher Education]]<br />[[King's College London]]
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
*Journalist 
*news anchor
*musician}}
| years_active       = 1986–2021
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
|embed=yes
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* bass guitar}}
| genre             = [[Reggae]]}}
| spouse             = Deborah Bashir
| children           = 3
| credits            = {{plainlist|
* "[[An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales]]"
* ''[[Living with Michael Jackson]]''}}
| agent              = 
}}
'''Martin Henry Bashir''' (born 19 January 1963) is a British former journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disgraced BBC journalist Martin Bashir hits back at Prince William over Princess Diana interview|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/disgraced-bbc-journalist-martin-bashir-hits-back-at-prince-william-over-princess-diana-interview/TPF4I76SELBN2AKO62SYFOLZHE/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=22 May 2021 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' programme, for which he gained [[an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales]] under false pretences in 1995. Although the interview was much heralded at the time, it was later determined that he used forgery and deception to gain it.<ref name="Dyson-Inquiry">{{cite news|last1=Mendick|first1=Robert|last2=Yorke|first2=Harry|last3=Ward|first3=Victoria|title=Princess Diana interview probe to find BBC's Martin Bashir guilty of deceit |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/19/princess-diana-interview-probe-find-bbcs-martin-bashir-guilty/|date=19 May 2021|access-date=19 May 2021|work=The Telegraph}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="BBC20210615">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57481098|title=Ex-BBC boss Tony Hall: Wrong not to sack Bashir after Diana interview|work=[[BBC News]] |date=15 June 2021|access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>

Bashir worked for the [[BBC]] from 1986 to 1999 on programmes including ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' before joining [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. He presented the [[Living with Michael Jackson|2003 ITV documentary]] about [[Michael Jackson]]. From 2004 to 2016, he worked in New York—first as an anchor for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Nightline]],'' then as a political commentator for [[MSNBC]], hosting his own programme, ''[[Martin Bashir (TV program)|Martin Bashir]]'', and a correspondent for [[NBC]]'s ''[[Dateline NBC]]''. He resigned from MSNBC in December 2013 after making "ill-judged" comments about former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate [[Sarah Palin]].<ref name="CarterNYT12052013">{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Bill |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/business/media/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc-over-palin-comments.html |title=Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC Over Palin Comments |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 December 2013 }}{{subscription required}}</ref> In 2016, he returned to the BBC as a religious affairs correspondent.

In 2020, the BBC's director general [[Tim Davie]] apologised to the princess's brother, [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer|Earl Spencer]], for Bashir's use of faked bank statements to secure his 1995 ''Panorama'' interview with her.<ref name="STimes20201101">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-dianas-brother-earl-spencer-for-interview-deceit-ghfjqbbbx|title=BBC says sorry to Diana's brother Earl Spencer for interview 'deceit'|work=The Sunday Times|last=Urwin|first=Rosamund|date=1 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020|quote=Spencer is understood to have told Davie that he has records of all his meetings and conversations with Bashir. These are alleged to show that Bashir told Diana fantastical stories to win her trust and that he used the fake bank statements to garner his first meeting with her.}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Former Justice of the Supreme Court [[John Dyson, Lord Dyson|Lord Dyson]] conducted an independent inquiry<ref name="Gdn20201119">{{cite news|last=Waterson|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/18/bbc-appoints-ex-judge-to-investigate-martin-bashir-princess-diana-intervew|title=Prince William welcomes BBC's investigation into Diana interview|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 November 2020|access-date=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=RTE2020-11-18-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2020/1118/1179010-bbc-diana-interview-investigation/|title=BBC announces investigation into 1995 Diana interview|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref> and concluded that Bashir had commissioned fake statements to deceive Earl Spencer to gain access to Diana, and in so doing had "acted inappropriately and in serious breach of the 1993 edition of the Producers' Guidelines on straight dealing."<ref name="Dyson-Inquiry" /><ref>{{citation|title=Report of The Dyson Investigation by The Right Honourable Lord Dyson|page=124|section=313.v}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=William|title=BBC reporter used 'deceitful behaviour' to secure 1995 Princess Diana interview, investigation concludes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/princess-diana-martin-bashir/2021/05/20/21513188-b973-11eb-bc4a-62849cf6cca9_story.html|date=20 May 2021|access-date=20 May 2021|quote=The former judge found that Bashir carried out a sophisticated ruse and lied to his bosses about it, and that the BBC, having been alerted to his behavior, mostly papered over it and sought to evade scrutiny on the topic.|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Bashir resigned from the BBC in May 2021, citing health reasons.<ref name=resignation/><ref>{{cite news|last=March|first=Ally|url=https://people.com/royals/martin-bashir-leaving-bbc-ahead-of-inquiry-report-on-princess-diana-interview/|title=Martin Bashir Quits BBC as Network Prepares to Release Report on His 1995 Princess Diana Interview|work=People|date=15 May 2021|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57141697 |title=Martin Bashir's TV career, from Diana interview to Dyson report|work=BBC|quote=We now of course have the Dyson report. We didn't have it then. He has resigned from the BBC. There has been no pay off.
|date=21 May 2021|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>