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Sent: Sun 19/04/2015 6:53:23 PM (UTC)
To: Mark R Davi “? Charlotte
Hayward _
Ce: Melanie Corfieldf LauraCooperI =~=GRO—s,
Gilly Orr GRO ee
Subject: RE: Second Sight report and Post Office response
Thanks for this Mark
We are planning to do the story tomorrow because — having seen the Second Sight report today — we think it’s very
interesting to our audience, and newsworthy. There is no embargoed date to the report and that’s probably why our
planning desk didn’t flag it up with us today.
I appreciate it’s now frustrating on your part given you tried to speak to us about the story last week. Apologies for
this.
However, we are planning to go ahead tomorrow, particularly as it’s now likely to be covered by other news outlets.
Would someone from the Post Office be available for the Today programme?
’'m copying in Laura Cooper who's night editing tonight, and today’s Day Editor is Gilly Orr.
The programme’s overall editor is Jamie Angus who’s email is
Best,
Purvee Pattni
From: Mark R Davies! _
Sent: 19 April 2015 19:36
To: Charlotte Hayward; Purvee Pattni
Cc: Melanie Corfield
Subject: Fwd: Second Sight report and Post Office response
Dear Charlotte and Purvee
T attach copies of both the Second Sight report which - to stress - we are making available to you , and our full
response to it.
I would like to know why it is that it necessary to broadcast on this issue tomorrow, and only to provide
notice of that to us now, when it was offered to the BBC on Thursday?
This does not reflect fair treatment of our organisation, particularly as we acted in good faith in offering to
provide copies of both reports last Thursday.
Best wishes
Mark
Mark Davies
Communications and Corporate Affairs Director
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