The BBC faces paying out up to £1 million in compensation to the graphic designer whose career was wrecked after he blew the whistle on the Martin Bashir scandal. Mr Wiessler was asked by Bashir to mock up fake bank statements, which the reporter then showed Diana’s brother Earl Spencer as part of his bid to secure the bombshell Panorama interview. He worked with presenters Peter Snow and David Dimbleby to reinvent the so-called ‘swingometer’ used during General Election coverage. Director-general Tim Davie will meet Matt Wiessler on Thursday ahead of a possible payout‘Matt was one of the top TV graphic designers of the time,’ his friend said. ‘An important part of putting facts across to people was using graphics, particularly in current affairs programmes like Panorama.

Source: Daily Mail May 29, 2021 23:40 UTC