Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Former Judge Opens Inquiry about Jimmy Savile


In London former senior judge began investigating BBC television host Jimmy Savile for sexual abuse allegations. Two reasons for the case to be opened are, one, Dame Janet Smith had inquiry about Savile’s sexual abuse, and two, rival broadcasting channel ITV have been on the case for awhile and began releasing documentaries about the situation. Dame’s reasoning as to why it took so long for the allegations to be brought up is because Jimmy was a national treasure to the public, and the police didn’t want to scrutinize his reputation. Public anger has been pointed toward colleagues of Savile and police officers who did little to nothing to stop the sexual abuse. Also, BBC might be put under fire because they originally were going to air “Newsnight” that would bring forth Savile’s crimes, but was later cancelled that night. Also, a decade ago, BBC’s Children Charity didn’t want Savile near the charity because of suspicion. Former BBC general and head of BBC’s Children Charity Sir Roger Jones said in an article “I think we all recognized he was a pretty creepy sort of character, we took the decision that we didn’t want him anywhere near the charity, and we just stepped up our child protection policies.” Smith’s investigation is supposed to be independent of BBC control, even though she was appointed by supervisory bodies.

It’s funny that a beloved TV host would do such a thing, and then die without suffering any form of punishment. It seems that BBC was more concerned about ratings than doing the right thing. At the same time if my favorite television (Conan O’ Brien) personality got charged with such an accusation I would be devastated, so in a sense I don’t mind “ignorance is bliss.” But I wouldn’t be able to watch Conan anymore if I knew that was the truth.

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