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Oscar-winning producer says BBC paid her £400,000 after antisemitism…

Kon was made redundant in April, nineteen days after collecting her Oscar, and the settlement reportedly came without the BBC admitting liability; the clock moved faster than the trophy.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOscar-winning producer Lucie Kon says the BBC paid her four hundred thousand pounds after she raised antisemitism concerns.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe BBC says it did not uphold any of the allegations, but it accepts there were shortcomings in how it treated her.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThey disagreed with every word and still wrote the cheque. I'd hate to see how they treat someone they agree with.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Jewish Chronicle says she was made redundant in April, nineteen days after she collected her Oscar.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNineteen days?

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWe prefer to call it an award-season transition. The statue was still unpacked, and so, reportedly, was the apology.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNineteen days. Honestly, that's the fastest anyone at the BBC has ever followed up an award.

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