A BBC scandal in the making ?

[Drummond]

For the past several days, in the UK, we've had a scandal emerging about a disc jockey who was a household name here, and who died several months ago. His name was Jimmy Savile (latterly SIR Jimmy Savile). He earned considerable respect for what appeared to be a tireless fundraising / charity drive .. he was into all sorts of 'good civic works', and was very well liked, trusted, valued as an all-round 'good egg'.

The scandal that's emerged is one alleging he was a paedophile, and that for much of his career, he had that 'darker side' to him. A TV channel here that's a rival to the BBC (Savile was a BBC employee) did an in-depth investigation on him, and aired the results in a TV programme earlier this week.

Now, we have the prospect of there having been a 'sex ring' operating from within the BBC, decades ago. Partial quote below ... see .....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...girls-him.html

Police are to investigate claims that Sir Jimmy Savile and an accomplice ran a sex ring at the BBC.

The Mail has been told that a BBC employee was allegedly given the task of procuring girls for the presenter and other men to molest.

The member of staff sometimes attacked them himself, it is alleged. Gary Glitter has already been accused of being a member of the sex ring.

Now two women have separately named the former BBC employee. One, a former beauty queen, claims she was raped by him on BBC premises.

The second woman, Kim Anderson, claims Savile's alleged accomplice invited her on to a tour bus to meet the star when she was waitressing at a Marylebone drinking club as a 19-year-old.

About 40 women have now stepped forward to allege they were raped or molested by the late Jim’ll Fix It star.

As the crisis threatened to engulf the BBC, newly-appointed director general George Entwistle last night wrote to all his staff urging them to help the police.

He promised: ‘I am absolutely determined that we will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to support the police. I know I can rely on your co-operation.’

Last night Savile’s alleged accomplice told the Mail: ‘Absolutely not’, when asked if he had committed rape.
Until now, the corporation had assumed the star was working alone when he allegedly abused girls in the 1960s and 1970s.
Yesterday the beauty queen - named only as Sandra - and Mrs Anderson independently named the BBC employee they say was working as an accomplice with the Jim’ll Fix It star.

Their accounts follow earlier statements from women who say they saw Savile and others assaulting girls in his BBC dressing room.

Sandra was 23 when she won a beauty contest and wrote to Savile asking for work experience – an offer he quickly took up.

She said she was invited to Savile’s caravan in 1970, which he kept in the car park outside the BBC studios in West London.

At the time, Savile worked for Radio One. After discussing her career, she says Savile started ‘to get heavy with her’. The pair had sex in the caravan on a double bed draped with a goat-skin rug. She said: ‘I certainly didn’t fancy him. I just thought “this might make me famous” – it all happened very quickly. I just thought he was a bit of a dirty old man.’

If anyone in America decides there's something 'respectable' about the BBC, this might - just might - be an effective counter to such opinions. The fact is that, whether or not all of what's now being reported is entirely accurate, the BBC has for a very long time operated as though it's a law unto itself. If all of the above turns out to be completely accurate, I can but hope that this deals a heavy dent in their self-satisfied, broadly Left-wing, arrogant complacency.

[Noir]

This is the man in question, doesn't look like a sex offender at all...



Anyways I don't know much about this story myself Durm, but like, he is being accused of paedophilia, but the only women mentioned in the article were 19 and 24, what were the ages of the young'uns involved?

[red states rule]

For the past several days, in the UK, we've had a scandal emerging about a disc jockey who was a household name here, and who died several months ago. His name was Jimmy Savile (latterly SIR Jimmy Savile). He earned considerable respect for what appeared to be a tireless fundraising / charity drive .. he was into all sorts of 'good civic works', and was very well liked, trusted, valued as an all-round 'good egg'.

The scandal that's emerged is one alleging he was a paedophile, and that for much of his career, he had that 'darker side' to him. A TV channel here that's a rival to the BBC (Savile was a BBC employee) did an in-depth investigation on him, and aired the results in a TV programme earlier this week.

Now, we have the prospect of there having been a 'sex ring' operating from within the BBC, decades ago. Partial quote below ... see .....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...girls-him.html



If anyone in America decides there's something 'respectable' about the BBC, this might - just might - be an effective counter to such opinions. The fact is that, whether or not all of what's now being reported is entirely accurate, the BBC has for a very long time operated as though it's a law unto itself. If all of the above turns out to be completely accurate, I can but hope that this deals a heavy dent in their self-satisfied, broadly Left-wing, arrogant complacency.

Since the BBC is run by liberals, for liberals, and is not owned by Rupert Murdoch - the liberal media will yawn and ignore this story

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

This is the man in question, doesn't look like a sex offender at all...

Really, what does one look like!???--Tyr

[red states rule]

Really, what does one look like!???--Tyr

[Noir]

Really, what does one look like!???--Tyr

Serious or sarcasm?

[red states rule]

Serious or sarcasm?

as far as serious

[Abbey Marie]

For the past several days, in the UK, we've had a scandal emerging about a disc jockey who was a household name here, and who died several months ago. His name was Jimmy Savile (latterly SIR Jimmy Savile). He earned considerable respect for what appeared to be a tireless fundraising / charity drive .. he was into all sorts of 'good civic works', and was very well liked, trusted, valued as an all-round 'good egg'.

The scandal that's emerged is one alleging he was a paedophile, and that for much of his career, he had that 'darker side' to him. A TV channel here that's a rival to the BBC (Savile was a BBC employee) did an in-depth investigation on him, and aired the results in a TV programme earlier this week.

Now, we have the prospect of there having been a 'sex ring' operating from within the BBC, decades ago. Partial quote below ... see .....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...girls-him.html



If anyone in America decides there's something 'respectable' about the BBC, this might - just might - be an effective counter to such opinions. The fact is that, whether or not all of what's now being reported is entirely accurate, the BBC has for a very long time operated as though it's a law unto itself. If all of the above turns out to be completely accurate, I can but hope that this deals a heavy dent in their self-satisfied, broadly Left-wing, arrogant complacency.

Their accounts follow earlier statements from women who say they saw Savile and others assaulting girls in his BBC dressing room.

Want to bet that the women who allegedly saw the assaults all those years ago and did nothing will never be sued, but the execs at the BBC will be? Just look at the US Sandusky/Penn State situation for the reasoning.

[Little-Acorn]

For the past several days, in the UK, we've had a scandal emerging about a disc jockey who was a household name here, and who died several months ago. His name was Jimmy Savile (latterly SIR Jimmy Savile). He earned considerable respect for what appeared to be a tireless fundraising / charity drive .. he was into all sorts of 'good civic works', and was very well liked, trusted, valued as an all-round 'good egg'.

The scandal that's emerged is one alleging he was a paedophile, and that for much of his career, he had that 'darker side' to him. A TV channel here that's a rival to the BBC (Savile was a BBC employee) did an in-depth investigation on him, and aired the results in a TV programme earlier this week.

Now, we have the prospect of there having been a 'sex ring' operating from within the BBC, decades ago. Partial quote below ... see .....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...girls-him.html



If anyone in America decides there's something 'respectable' about the BBC, this might - just might - be an effective counter to such opinions. The fact is that, whether or not all of what's now being reported is entirely accurate, the BBC has for a very long time operated as though it's a law unto itself. If all of the above turns out to be completely accurate, I can but hope that this deals a heavy dent in their self-satisfied, broadly Left-wing, arrogant complacency.

Same sort of thing happened here with an assistant football coach at a big, famous university. The asst coach AND the head coach (who did nothing but failed to report the asst coach) got fired, the asst coach is up on charges, the entire athletic program was blacklisted, the university is getting sued out of its socks, and there are rumors the university might lose its entire accreditation (might stop being a university).

[Drummond]

This is the man in question, doesn't look like a sex offender at all...



Anyways I don't know much about this story myself Durm, but like, he is being accused of paedophilia, but the only women mentioned in the article were 19 and 24, what were the ages of the young'uns involved?

You don't know much about the story ? I'm surprised. The police are certainly taking it seriously ..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...use?intcmp=239

The Metropolitan police will take the national lead on assessing the sexual abuse complaints made by women about Sir Jimmy Savile.

The Met's child abuse unit will examine the flood of information which has come to light this week after several women said they were assaulted by the Jim'll Fix It star in the 1960s and 1970s.

The appointment of a lead force signals that police have received a significant number of fresh allegations over the past 72 hours. Four separate police forces around the UK had received complaints against Savile by Thursday afternoon, including Surrey police and Northamptonshire police.

Scotland Yard will now decide whether to launch a full investigation into the Savile allegations after an assessment by detectives, led by detective superintendent David Grey.

The Met said it would work closely with the BBC investigations unit, the body tasked earlier this week to assist with claims relating to abuse alleged to have taken place on BBC premises in London.

Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Our priority will be to ensure a proportionate and consistent policing response putting the victims at the heart of our inquiries. It is too early to say how many individual allegations there are, and we will be making contact with all those concerned in due course."

Several woman have broken their silence about the claims for the first time this week, prompted by the ITV documentary Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, which aired on Wednesday evening.

Mark Williams-Thomas, the former Surrey police child protection detective behind the ITV documentary, said a "significant number" of women had come forward to him with fresh allegations of abuse in the past 72 hours, since plans to air the ITV film were first made public. He added that the women had come forward with significant information that will be passed to police.

Woman have recounted harrowing details of how they were allegedly abused by the TV star when they were as young as 14. Former pupils of the Duncroft Approved School for girls with behavioural problems have said that they were assaulted by Savile, as have several women who went to his popular BBC shows, including Jim'll Fix It and Top of the Pops.

Once hailed as a national treasure, Savile's reputation now appears to be damaged irreparably by the claims. Archive editions of his Top of the Pops show have been pulled by the BBC and on Wednesday a memorial in Scarborough bearing his name was vandalised with the words "paedophile" and "rapist".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...ely-groped-bbc

A former Radio 1 DJ has claimed she was routinely groped by another presenter while working for the BBC during the 1980s.

Liz Kershaw described the atmosphere at the station as intimidating and said that when she tried to complain she was accused of being a lesbian.
The BBC said it was shocked by allegations that anyone working for the corporation could have behaved that way.

A spokesperson said: "They are allegations which the police have the proper powers to investigate. We would encourage anyone with information on such issues to also speak to the police."

Kershaw's comments came as the corporation also pledged to fully co-operate with an investigation by the Metropolitan police into claims that the late presenter Sir Jimmy Savile regularly abused young girls.

Kershaw, who now works for Radio 6 Music, said that when she joined Radio 1 in 1987 – the year Savile left – his behaviour was an "open secret" within the station.

"The rumours were there, the jokes were there. It was an open secret," she told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.

[glockmail]

Since the BBC is a liberal icon, Noir chooses to ignore any controversy about it, or make excuses (like the age of consent remark, or question the motives of those who express concerns.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Since the BBC is a liberal icon, Noir chooses to ignore any controversy about it, or make excuses (like the age of consent remark, or question the motives of those who express concerns.

Libs tend to stick together like dogturds on a hot August day.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

You don't know much about the story ? I'm surprised. The police are certainly taking it seriously ..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...use?intcmp=239




http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...ely-groped-bbc

The BBC's Sacrosanct status is not to be trifled with Drummonds. That was Noir's point when attempting his poo-pooing it all. Noir being a lib he was compelled to defend the BBC.
OVER HERE THEY CRUCIFY ANY CONSERVATIVE OR REPUBLICAN FOR THE VERY THINGS THAT THEY IGNORE OR EVEN APPLAUD WHEN ITS ONE OF THEIR OWN DOING IT.. We see that time and time again.. -Tyr

[red states rule]

Since the BBC is a liberal icon, Noir chooses to ignore any controversy about it, or make excuses (like the age of consent remark, or question the motives of those who express concerns.

Reminds me of the Clinton years when libs did the same thing. Of course the Kennedy's got a pass as did Chris Doo when he joined Ted and made a "waitress sandwhich" at a DC eatery

[red states rule]

Libs tend to stick together like dogturds on a hot August day.

Yep, one hand whitewashes the other