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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