Greg Dyke, former director general of the BBC, disagrees with you
Although Greg Dyke was a Labour Party donor -
2003
Former BBC executive Will Wyatt has admitted he was the insider who nearly scuppered Greg Dyke's campaign to become director general by leaking details of his Labour party donations to the Times.
The stories, printed four years ago, sparked a political row and a war of words in the broadsheet between pro and anti-Dyke supporters. However, it did not stop Mr Dyke taking the top job at the corporation
www.theguardian.com/business/2003/jun/12/bbc.thetimes