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Monday, October 29, 2012
The "Child Sex Abuse Scandal" Now Extends to the BBC and the New York Times
I once thought that after the "[Catholic] clergy sex abuse scandal" had run its course (and tort lawyers had largely emptied the pockets of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church that they could reach into) the education establishment would be next; I intimated that a "teachers sex abuse scandal" would be next on the agenda. When the Penn State-Sandusky sex abuse scandal erupted, my prediction initially appeared to have been vindicated. But now we have what might be called the "BBC-NYTimes sex abuse scandal." See Jack Shafer The New York Times, the BBC and the Savile Sex Scandal (October 25, 2012). So perhaps we we will now witness a "mass media sex abuse scandal" -- involving organizations such as the New York Times or the Boston Globe. Or perhaps there will be a series of "sex abuse scandals." In any event, the Catholic clergy look less and less like unique sexual "predators." This is not surprising. Child sexual abuse permeates society. As I have repeatedly suggested, for the media and tort lawyers to single out Catholic clergy as targets reeks of religious prejudice and financial opportunism.
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Chicago Tribune, Digital Plus,
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-bbc-savilebre89n0t4-20121024,0,2890441.story
Savile victims allege pedophile ring existed at BBC
Michael Holden and Kate Holton Reuters
1:40 p.m. CDT, October 24, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - A sex scandal gripping Britain's BBC deepened on Wednesday with claims that a pedophile ring had existed involving some of its stars, as its former director general said his handling of the case shouldn't stop him becoming the boss of the New York Times.
The BBC has been thrown into disarray by accusations it helped cover up sexual abuse by one of its most celebrated former presenters, Jimmy Savile, and has struggled to explain why one of its own shows killed an investigation into it.
The broadcaster's current Director General George Entwistle has been condemned for his handling of one of the worst crises in the corporation's 90-year history and questions have also been raised about his predecessor Mark Thompson, who is set to take over at the New York Times Co next month.
When the BBC does it (a lot), culture is the culprit: http://cdn.lrb.co.uk/v34/n21/andrew-ohagan/light-entertainment?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3421&hq_e=el&hq_m=2081107&hq_l=5&hq_v=d107306e1d
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