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Margaret Sullivan, the Times' public editor, called on the paper to vigorously investigate Thompson's claim.
"His integrity and decision-making are bound to affect The Times and its journalism — profoundly," Sullivan wrote in her blog Wednesday. "It’s worth considering now whether he is the right person for the job, given this turn of events."
Savile, the youngest of seven children, was a talented disc jockey who hosted BBC’s “Jim’ll Fix It” television show and “Top of the Pops” music program. He was widely known for his yodeling and outrageous outfits prior to the ITV report earlier this month that led to his family removing and destroying his gravestone. Two charities named after Savile have also announced they will close. State prosecutors have acknowledged that they probed four abuse allegations against Savile in 2009 but declined to press charges.
The BBC’s “Panorama” program reported on the abuse allegations on Monday, as well as the decision by “Newsnight” last year to drop its probe into the claims. Entwistle, after seeing his network’s broadcast on the matter, said he believed the “Newsnight” investigation should have been allowed to proceed.
"I came away from Panorama firmly of the view that that investigation, even if in the judgment of the editor it wasn't ready for transmission at the point he was looking at it, should have been allowed to continue," he told the lawmakers, according to BBC.
Asked whether BBC management pressured “Newsnight” to drop its Savile investigation, Entwistle denied any coverup involving one of the corporation's biggest former stars.
BBC employees, Entwistle said, now “know where to go” with sexual harassment complaints.
"I'm not sure in the '60s and '70s ... they would have felt there was anything they could do," he said. "I believe the culture has changed at the BBC, but I am not convinced that it has changed as much as it should have."
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