Editing Merfyn Jones (section)

=== BBC Governor ===

On 1 January 2003, Jones was appointed to the [[Board of Governors of the BBC]] as BBC National Governor for [[Wales]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3438987.stm Who are the BBC Governors?], BBC News, 28 Jan 2004, retrieved 22 October 2017</ref> He held that position until the end of 2006 when the BBC's Board of Governors was dissolved and replaced by the [[BBC Trust]].

Jones was a member of the nominations committee established to appoint the new Director General of the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/3492018.stm|title=Search for Dyke successor begins|date=27 February 2004|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2010-02-17}}</ref> According to Greg Dyke (BBC director-general), Jones was one of the governors responsible for his departure after the Hutton report 'exonerated' Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell from 'sexing up', exaggerating, the threat of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction [ref: Greg Dyke, Inside Story, p.&nbsp;318]