{"id":57387,"date":"2012-10-24T00:18:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T00:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=57387"},"modified":"2012-10-25T23:12:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T23:12:07","slug":"jimmy-savile-child-abuse-case-members-of-the-public-to-pay-for-the-bbcs-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/jimmy-savile-child-abuse-case-members-of-the-public-to-pay-for-the-bbcs-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Savile Child Abuse Case: Members Of The Public To Pay For The BBC&#8217;s Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&#8220;The BBC, the NHS and education authorities are facing having to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds for failing to protect them from Savile.\u00a0The number of potential victims has risen to more than 200 since the claims were first aired on ITV.&#8221; Daily Telegraph&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Christopher Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/journalists\/christopher-hope\/\" rel=\"author\">Christopher Hope<\/a>\u00a0reports. Read more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/crime\/jimmy-savile\/9628731\/Jimmy-Savile-Members-of-the-public-to-pay-for-the-BBCs-mistakes.html\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord Patten defends BBC as Jimmy Savile scandal grows &#8211; The Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u00a0<a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on BBC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/bbc\">BBC<\/a>&#8216;s chairman,\u00a0<a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on Lord Patten\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/lord-patten\">Lord Patten<\/a>, has launched a spirited defence of the corporation&#8217;s independence as ministers criticised an uncertain performance by director general\u00a0<a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on George Entwistle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/george-entwistle\">George Entwistle<\/a>\u00a0in front of MPs, and police prepared to make their first arrests in the growing scandal over the late TV and radio star\u00a0<a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on Jimmy Savile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/jimmy-savile\">Jimmy Savile<\/a>.&#8221; the Guardian reports. 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