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Welcome to episode 253 of the Corporate Report Podcast, The BBC Exposed.

In 1922, the British Broadcasting Corporation became the world's first national broadcasting organization.

In the ensuing eight decades of its existence,

it has become the world's most recognizable media platform

with a reach extending to the far corners of the globe. Having attained such a position,

it is not surprising that the BBC has come in for its share of criticism over the decades,

but even amongst a public long-use to BBC corruption, waste, and scandal.

The recent controversy regarding the BBC's cover-up of the activities of former BBC presenter

Sir James Wilson, Vincent's Jimmy Saville has managed to outrage even the

broadcaster's staunchest proponents. Newsnight is also under scrutiny for failing to broadcast a report on child sex abuse

allegations against the popular BBC personality Jimmy Savile, who's accused of abusing potentially hundreds of victims.

On Monday, head of news, Helen Bowden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell also stepped aside

in wake of the scandal.

The editor of the segment, Peter Rippon,

said he acts the investigation because of lack of evidence.

Instead, a series of tributes to Jimmy Sabl,

were aired across the BBC's radio and TV network last year after his death.

Here we go for the warmup right now, then.

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