For the second day in a row, leading British media publications have been devoting front pages not to the NATO summit, but to the scandal related to one of the BBC's top anchors.
Though the name of the TV presenter is not given, it is reported that he is common to "millions of people." The BBC host was suspended after the publication of information about his intimate long-term correspondence with a teenager.
In more bad news for the British news organization, a second young employee has now accused the presenter of "inappropriate behavior."
Ironically, the BBC has not shied away from reporting on the scandal although the entire episode is bringing a bad name to the multi-billion-dollar media outlet.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed shock over the development before revealing that the BBC was investigating the entire matter "swiftly and rigorously".
"They were shocking, concerning allegations, of course they were," he told reporters in London.
"The culture secretary spoke to the BBC director general on Sunday and is reassured that the process they are undertaking is rigorous and will be swift. So we had those reassurances and that is the right thing to do, given the concerning nature of the allegations," he added.
Against this backdrop, the coverage of the NATO summit by the British press appeared to have flopped, with all the spotlight on the BBC scandal with even the so-called serious news publication like the Independent running it as the main lead on its front page.