The BBC's handling of Jimmy Savile
Jan. 21st, 2016 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mtbcOn the way into work I often listen to BBC Radio 4. At that time they usually have a fairly decent interview with somebody newsworthy; some have quite impressed me. This morning they spent plenty of time discussing the leaked draft report into the alleged sexual abuse within the BBC.
The summary seemed to be that Jimmy Savile wasn't very discreet and was widely regarded among the lower staff as being suspiciously dodgy at the least, but that upper management never heard a thing about it. A question at the forefront of my mind was thus whistleblowing: Was there a way to raise concerns with those who could properly handle such concerns without one being labeled as causing trouble for the television show? Is there one now? The interviewer didn't pursue that line of inquiry but fortunately Will Wyatt at least slipped mention of whistleblowing in right at the end.
The summary seemed to be that Jimmy Savile wasn't very discreet and was widely regarded among the lower staff as being suspiciously dodgy at the least, but that upper management never heard a thing about it. A question at the forefront of my mind was thus whistleblowing: Was there a way to raise concerns with those who could properly handle such concerns without one being labeled as causing trouble for the television show? Is there one now? The interviewer didn't pursue that line of inquiry but fortunately Will Wyatt at least slipped mention of whistleblowing in right at the end.
