Sunday, February 17, 2013

Whitewash fears as BBC is accused of cutting criticism from Savile report...

Fears of a BBC whitewash over the Jimmy Savile scandal grew last night amid claims ‘key criticisms’ have been ‘gutted’ for ‘legal reasons’ from a review of its handling of the affair.

Corporation chiefs are planning to release thousands of pages of evidence given to former Sky News boss Nick Pollard – who oversaw an independent inquiry into why a Newsnight investigation into the late entertainer’s paedophile past was shelved.

But last night a source claimed ‘heavy redactions’ have been made to critical comments about BBC bosses. They added that it no longer gave ‘an honest picture’.

Mr Pollard produced his report last December, based on texts, emails and oral testimony, which found there had been ‘chaos and confusion’ at the BBC over the controversy.

At the time, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten had also promised to release full transcripts of the evidence.

He said the Corporation would only remove information from the documents where it was legally compelled to.

But BBC insiders have confirmed the ‘worst stuff’ affecting highly-paid corporation figures has been removed by lawyers. Full story...

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