In another example of the high and powerful seeking to protect themselves from whistle-blowers, (see below) I recommend, without comment, yesterday's Guido Fawkes' Blog here.
It has been suggested that in order to prevent the publication of a tape-recorded conversation revealing that the then BBC chief Mark Thompson knew about Savile's activities at the BBC, and lied about his knowing, that the BBC Trust Chairman, Lord Patten, issued a legal warning to the Conservative MP Mr Rob Wilson. The BBC, it is said, later 'clarified' it's letter saying it wasn't a warning, merely a 'suggestion'!
It's also suggested, in the Daily Express and Daily Telegraph that the former news executive Nick Pollard, who carried out a review into the fiasco surrounding the shelved Newsnight report on Savile's activities at the Beeb, knew about the conversation yet omitted any reference to it from his report.
Expect more to come on this farrago.
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