BBC bosses rebuked over Live Earth swearingThe BBC Trust The BBC Trust is a body that oversees the BBC, being independent of BBC management and external bodies. Along with an Executive Board, the Trust took over the role of the old Board of Governors on 1 January 2007. has severely reprimanded management for not being "open in admitting mistakes" that led to swearing swearing, in law: see oath. being broadcast during this summer's Live Earth concert. The BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. received complaints after the word "fuck fuck Vulgar Slang v. fucked, fuck·ing, fucks v.tr. 1. To have sexual intercourse with. 2. To take advantage of, betray, or cheat; victimize. 3. " was broadcast on three occasions before 5pm and the word "motherfuckers" at 5.30pm. In addition, the word "fucking" was broadcast at 7.40pm. Despite the risk that pop stars would swear swear v. 1) to declare under oath that one will tell the truth (sometimes "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"). Failure to tell the truth, and do so knowingly, is the crime of perjury. , the BBC executives in charge had decided not to broadcast the concert with a time delay. The BBC Trust's editorial standards committee said it was "a serious breach" of the BBC's editorial guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. , even though presenters Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton Graham Norton, (born Graham William Walker on 4 April 1963 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He achieved fame as a broadcaster on Britain's Channel 4 and also through his role as Father Noel Furlong in the critically acclaimed apologised promptly at the time. After the incident, the coporation published an explanation on the BBC's complaints website. However, the BBC Trust said this explanation had not been open enough. "The committee therefore considered that it was unacceptable for management to provide a response to the audience that was inaccurate in its detail and would remind BBC management of the requirement for it to be open in admitting mistakes," the committee said in a statement published today. "The committee decided that any further breaches of guidelines regarding the use of the most offensive language pre-watershed when broadcasting concerts such as Live Earth should be avoided and that any repetition would be unacceptable. "The committee would request that the online response be changed to reflect accurately the reasons for not using a time delay." · To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. · If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication". 
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