Pollard review: edited witness statements a 'PR disaster'

BBC censured for redacting Paxman – but presenter reveals Savile's paedophilia was 'common gossip'

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22:The BBC's Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman leaves BBC Broadcasting House on October 22, 2012 in London, England. A BBC1 'Panorama' documentary, to be broadcast l
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JEREMY PAXMAN told the Pollard Inquiry that it was "common gossip" at the BBC that the late DJ Jimmy Savile liked young girls. He also attacked BBC management, referring to senior staff as "these bloody people".

But he did acknowledge that he had seen no evidence to persuade him to take seriously the rumours that the late Top of the Pops presenter was a paedophile.

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