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This is what seems to have happened: A UK BBC news anchor, Jimmy Savile, was wildly popular and knighted by the Queen. Unfortunately, he was (allegedly) also a prolific and extremely evil sex predator, and some of his victims were institutionalized children who were attacked on BBC property. Savile died in 2011, and the BBC has been in turmoil as it has just recently been made public that the BBC knew about allegations against Savile but did not report them, not to the public and not even to the police. The number of victims is now estimated by the police to exceed 200. The story just broke in the US, and I couldn't find details as to the condition of the institutionalized children who were attacked.
Being dead puts Savile beyond reach, but various individuals who are tainted by this story may lose their careers over this. For example, the NYT's incoming CEO, Mark Thompson, is the former BBC General Manager, and his fitness for employment in journalism is under attack.
BBC Pedophile Scandal: Editor Steps Aside
Jimmy Savile scandal: New York Times editor questions if Mark Thompson is the right man to be her boss | Mail Online
I say anyone who knew and did nothing should be arrested, nevermind have their careers ended. I think this is true even as to anyone who knew nothing until after Savile died in October of 2011.
Do you know more about what happened? Have you formed any opinions yet?
Being dead puts Savile beyond reach, but various individuals who are tainted by this story may lose their careers over this. For example, the NYT's incoming CEO, Mark Thompson, is the former BBC General Manager, and his fitness for employment in journalism is under attack.
BBC director-general George Entwistle has apologized to the alleged victims.“I have made clear my revulsion at the thought that these criminal assaults were carried out by someone employed by the BBC and that some may have happened on BBC premises as well as, we now discover, in hospitals and other institutions,” he said in a statement on Oct. 12. "This is the worst crisis that I can remember in my nearly 50 years at the BBC,” said journalist John Simpson.
BBC Pedophile Scandal: Editor Steps Aside
A senior executive at the New York Times has broken ranks to suggest former BBC chief Mark Thompson is not fit to be her new boss in the wake of a paedophile scandal which has rocked the corporation to its core.
In an extraordinary intervention, Margaret Sullivan questioned the integrity and ability of the man who was director general when a report that would have exposed Jimmy Savile as a predator who targeted young, vulnerable girls, was axed.
Writing in a blog post yesterday, the public editor, who works on behalf of readers and writes about the newspaper itself said: 'How likely is it that [Thompson] knew nothing?'
'His integrity and decision-making are bound to affect The New York Times and its journalism - profoundly. It's worth considering now whether he is the right person for the job, given this turn of events.'
Jimmy Savile scandal: New York Times editor questions if Mark Thompson is the right man to be her boss | Mail Online
I say anyone who knew and did nothing should be arrested, nevermind have their careers ended. I think this is true even as to anyone who knew nothing until after Savile died in October of 2011.
Do you know more about what happened? Have you formed any opinions yet?