The BBC has reportedly ramped up its investigation into senior news anchor Huw Edwards. This news comes after Edwards received an \u2018all clear\u2019 by Met Police, and despite his wife pleading for privacy while the star is hospitalized treating \u2018serious mental issues\u2019.<\/p>\n
This all has to be read in the context of a BBC haunted by the ghost of Jimmy Savile scandal.<\/p>\n
GBN<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n \u201cEdwards has received an outpouring of support after the police concluded that there was \u2018no information to indicate a criminal offence\u2019 had occurred.<\/em><\/p>\n Yet sources have told the Guardian that BBC journalists continue to work on further stories involving the presenter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The news establishment is trying to lock arms besides Edwards, but Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire has begun to ramp it up the investigation again, with further claims that he \u2018pursued younger staff with flirtatious messages\u2019 and \u2018abused his position\u2019 as one of the broadcaster biggest stars.<\/p>\n \u201cHuw Edwards was described by former colleague Jon Sopel as being \u2018extremely angry\u2019 with the handling of the multiple allegations levied against him, and \u2018not overly impressed with BBC coverage\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\u2026] BBC execs are now mulling over whether to back BBC presenter\u2019s disgruntled co-workers\u2019 complaints or support BBC journalists investigating the BBC presenter and BBC handling of the complaints.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The outing of Huw Edwards by his wife came after a week-long guessing game about \u2018who was the mystery BBC broadcaster who had reportedly paid a young person in exchange for sexual images\u2019.<\/p>\n The Guardian<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019The idea a big public figure has a double life is going to excite huge interest, but we don\u2019t know the facts yet\u2019, said one former senior BBC news chief. \u2018The BBC must work out if it has been brought into disrepute. The claims could certainly be construed as very undermining of Edwards\u2019 role as the face of the BBC\u2019s coverage of state occasions. He has a special relationship of trust with the public\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n In an alternative world, Edwards, the BBC\u2019s best-paid journalist, might have been swiftly informed of a complaint about his private life, originally made on 19 May. He might then have disproved it with ease, or instead been reprimanded for secretly playing fast and loose with the corporation\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Now, many are also starting to question the editorial decisions taken in the\u00a0Sun\u2019s newsroom \u2013 calling them \u2018puzzling\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cA key issue remains why [the Sun\u2019s] editor Victoria Newton did not print denials from the young person at the core of its story that any harm had been done. The result was the publication of a lurid front-page splash, quoting just the young person\u2019s mother, which has put the BBC in the dock.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The\u00a0Sun<\/em>\u2019s story was rebutted by the alleged victim\u2019s lawyers, the Met police then said \u2018there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed\u2019.<\/p>\n But many journalists are working on the story \u2013 including in the BBC itself.<\/p>\n Independent<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n \u201cBBC\u00a0bosses told staff in an email that \u2018gossip will not be tolerated\u2019 amid speculation over the\u00a0Huw Edwards\u00a0scandal, it has been reported.<\/em><\/p>\n Staff at the BBC were warned that speculating about what had happened would damage the corporation.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018The purpose of the email was very clearly to contain the situation and stop BBC staff fuelling the fire that had been blazing since the story broke\u2019, a source told.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n A Survation newspaper poll revealed that 53% of readers wanted Edwards back on TV \u2018if he is cleared of serious wrongdoing\u2019. Only 32% felt he should not be allowed to continue in his role.<\/p>\n The post BBC Ramps up Probe Into Huw Edwards \u2013 News Establishment Tries to Shield Him, but Many Reporters Are Still Chasing the Story \u2013 Including in the BBC<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The BBC has reportedly ramped up its investigation into senior news anchor Huw Edwards. This news comes after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n