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# The BBC, Savile and editors under pressure
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2012/10/the_bbc_savile_and_editors_under_pressur/
- Published: 2012-10-23T11:27:43.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:46:52.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: BBC, corporate culture, culture change, editors

Charlie Beckett makes an insightful point about last night’s Panorama covering [the BBC’s multiple failures to expose Jimmy Savile](http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2012/10/22/the-bbc-savile-panorama-and-newsnight-closed-eyes-closed-minds/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) as a paedophile and sexual predator:

> Likewise, let’s put the Newsnight controversy in perspective. The Newsnight debacle is familiar to anyone who’s seen editors under pressure make unfortunate decisions in a culture where risk is rarely rewarded and where ‘brave’ is a term of mockery. I doubt there was any direct attempt by senior bosses to kill that film.

It’s very easy to go hunting for people to blame in a situation like this. Far more often it’s the culture to blame – but a culture is still made up of people. A lot of people. In many ways, that’s worse.