BBC in turmoil over child sex scandal reporting

BBC News head Helen Boaden and her deputy Steve Mitchell were suspended after the media outlet's supervisory body called for its "radical overhaul".

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LONDON BBC News head Helen Boaden and her deputy Steve Mitchell were suspended after the media outlet's supervisory body called for its "radical overhaul". Director General George Entwistle stepped down over the weekend. BBC in turmoil over child sex scandal reporting The BBC said on its website that Entwistle resigned following a Newsnight report which led to former Conservative Party treasurer Lord McAlpine being wrongly accused of child abuse in north Wales in the 1980s. The report added that while "neither Boaden nor Mitchell had anything at all to do with the failed Newnight investigation in Lord McAlpine", they were "in the chain of command at the time that Newsnight shelved an earlier investigation into abuse claims against former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile". The troubles began for the broadcaster when it was accused of not publishing allegations of Savile's child abuse, as the British police identified over 300 potential victims of the late TV star. Boadin and Mitchell were suspended just days after the supervisory body of the BBC said that the broadcaster should undergo "a thorough, structural, radical overhaul" in order to survive the scandal. Boaden was asked to surrender her editorial and managerial responsibilities related to national and international radio, television and internet news, and the suspensions will be valid until the completion of the investigation. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was established 90 years ago, and now employs some 20,000 people. It is funded from license fees that are mandatory in Britain. BBC Tanjug

BBC in turmoil over child sex scandal reporting

The BBC said on its website that Entwistle resigned following a Newsnight report which led to former Conservative Party treasurer Lord McAlpine being wrongly accused of child abuse in north Wales in the 1980s.

The report added that while "neither Boaden nor Mitchell had anything at all to do with the failed Newnight investigation in Lord McAlpine", they were "in the chain of command at the time that Newsnight shelved an earlier investigation into abuse claims against former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile".

The troubles began for the broadcaster when it was accused of not publishing allegations of Savile's child abuse, as the British police identified over 300 potential victims of the late TV star.

Boadin and Mitchell were suspended just days after the supervisory body of the BBC said that the broadcaster should undergo "a thorough, structural, radical overhaul" in order to survive the scandal.

Boaden was asked to surrender her editorial and managerial responsibilities related to national and international radio, television and internet news, and the suspensions will be valid until the completion of the investigation.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was established 90 years ago, and now employs some 20,000 people. It is funded from license fees that are mandatory in Britain.

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