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BBC Chief Failed to Ask Questions About Savile Probe
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British Broadcasting Corp. Director General George Entwistle said today that he didn’t follow up on warnings that TV star Jimmy Savile was being investigated for sexual abuse by one of the broadcaster’s programs.
He was protecting journalists’ independence when he declined to act on News Director Helen Boaden’s tip that the “Newsnight” investigation would interfere with Christmas tributes to the late entertainer, Entwistle said at a parliamentary hearing today.