Post by Teddy Bear on Oct 21, 2013 17:20:50 GMT
2 years on since the Newsnight debacle, with the BBC dropping the exposee of Savile as a slimy deviant paedophile, where still MP's are trying to get to the bottom of just who was responsible for what. Though the BBC assures the public that 'lessons have been learned', another exposee has been dropped, this time about Comic Relief.
Not that the 'misdoings' of Comic Relief are anything like that of Savile, and some, including myself, don't actually think that in today's world they have actually done anything wrong. But I can understand that to the left-wing mentality that the BBC want to inculcate in their audience, it would be seen as betraying the ethics that they stand for.
With the BBC anxious to avoid negative scrutiny of itself, this could well be the motivation for axing the broadcast, repeating the same goal for cancelling the Newsnight Savile programme.
It could well be that this 'conceal inner failings' mentality within the BBC is now so prevalent that they will never be able to do it any other way, certainly not while they still collect the licence fee.
The only lessons that appear to have been learned within the BBC is that none of the executives now want to be involved making any decision about it out of fear of later ramifications.
So just what are they still collecting their vast salaries for?
The sooner these self-promoting parasites are cast out into the real world the better for everybody, including themselves.
Not that the 'misdoings' of Comic Relief are anything like that of Savile, and some, including myself, don't actually think that in today's world they have actually done anything wrong. But I can understand that to the left-wing mentality that the BBC want to inculcate in their audience, it would be seen as betraying the ethics that they stand for.
With the BBC anxious to avoid negative scrutiny of itself, this could well be the motivation for axing the broadcast, repeating the same goal for cancelling the Newsnight Savile programme.
It could well be that this 'conceal inner failings' mentality within the BBC is now so prevalent that they will never be able to do it any other way, certainly not while they still collect the licence fee.
The only lessons that appear to have been learned within the BBC is that none of the executives now want to be involved making any decision about it out of fear of later ramifications.
So just what are they still collecting their vast salaries for?
The sooner these self-promoting parasites are cast out into the real world the better for everybody, including themselves.
Panorama probe into Comic Relief investments is postponed by the BBC
It is the first major test of the BBC’s ability to investigate itself since Newsnight dropped a damning report on sex abuse allegations against DJ Jimmy Savile
A shock Panorama probe into Comic Relief has been postponed by the BBC – sparking fears it may be snared in a new Newsnight-style scandal.
More than a dozen senior BBC executives have ruled themselves out of making decisions about the Panorama programme as a fresh conflict-of-interest crisis threatens to engulf them.
It is the first major test of the BBC’s ability to investigate itself since Newsnight dropped a damning report on sex abuse allegations against DJ Jimmy Savile.
The Comic Relief probe was due to air later this month but the Daily Mirror can reveal the screening has been cancelled.
A BBC insider said: “It has already been put back once and the worry is this investigation will never see the light of day.”
The Panorama show is understood to examine how Comic Relief chiefs invested £150million – some in tobacco firms and an arms giant – for up to eight years before giving it to charity.
The six-month probe for Panorama by independent TV company Matchlight also highlights how staff costs have doubled.
It is also thought a huge loss on a failed venture selling Gordon Ramsay-branded sauces has come in for scrutiny.
The insider added: “This is causing huge problems within the Corporation, opening a can of worms some would rather stayed closed.
"We’re struggling to find other execs to take the place of those who ruled themselves out due to a conflict of interest.
“This is the BBC in full-on post-Savile self-flagellation mode.”
The Mirror found a project to sell Ramsay-branded cooking sauces has lost the charity £800,000.
The Seriously Good range was launched in 2009 by Brand Relief Limited, owned by Comic Relief, with 10p a jar going to charity.
Comic Relief ploughed in £2million for “advertising and promotion” but axed it last September after earning £470,000.
Just £760,000 of Comic Relief’s original injection was left. Comic Relief chief executive Kevin Cahill quit as Brand Relief director in 2012.
Since 2008, Comic Relief’s staffing costs have nearly doubled from £7.1million a year to £13.5million by 2012.
Yet it raised a total of £87.8million last year – less than in two of the three previous years.
At the end of 2012, the celebrity-driven independent charity, which fights poverty in the UK and abroad, was sitting on £261million, including shares, bonds and cash.
It owed £126million, including charity pledges.
Many Red Nose Day and Sport Relief viewers will be shocked by its policy of investing donations for up to eight years before they finally go to good causes.
In August, the Sunday People revealed it had put £14million into the Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund, which invests in three of the world’s biggest cigarette firms and arms giant BAE Systems.
Danny Cohen, the Director of BBC TV, is a trustee of Comic Relief, with other BBC directors Peter Salmon and Tim Davie. Davie was acting BBC director general last year when a report attacked the “flawed” decision to axe the Savile probe.
Last night a Comic Relief spokeswoman said: “We can’t control who the funds invest in.”
Comic Relief also said no money raised from the public was invested in the Brand Relief project.
It said operating costs “have gone up in order to generate more funds” and costs were covered by corporate sponsors and Gift Aid claims from the HM Revenue and Customs.
A BBC spokesman said: "At any one time the BBC is working on any number of investigations. We don’t comment on these.”
It is the first major test of the BBC’s ability to investigate itself since Newsnight dropped a damning report on sex abuse allegations against DJ Jimmy Savile
A shock Panorama probe into Comic Relief has been postponed by the BBC – sparking fears it may be snared in a new Newsnight-style scandal.
More than a dozen senior BBC executives have ruled themselves out of making decisions about the Panorama programme as a fresh conflict-of-interest crisis threatens to engulf them.
It is the first major test of the BBC’s ability to investigate itself since Newsnight dropped a damning report on sex abuse allegations against DJ Jimmy Savile.
The Comic Relief probe was due to air later this month but the Daily Mirror can reveal the screening has been cancelled.
A BBC insider said: “It has already been put back once and the worry is this investigation will never see the light of day.”
The Panorama show is understood to examine how Comic Relief chiefs invested £150million – some in tobacco firms and an arms giant – for up to eight years before giving it to charity.
The six-month probe for Panorama by independent TV company Matchlight also highlights how staff costs have doubled.
It is also thought a huge loss on a failed venture selling Gordon Ramsay-branded sauces has come in for scrutiny.
The insider added: “This is causing huge problems within the Corporation, opening a can of worms some would rather stayed closed.
"We’re struggling to find other execs to take the place of those who ruled themselves out due to a conflict of interest.
“This is the BBC in full-on post-Savile self-flagellation mode.”
The Mirror found a project to sell Ramsay-branded cooking sauces has lost the charity £800,000.
The Seriously Good range was launched in 2009 by Brand Relief Limited, owned by Comic Relief, with 10p a jar going to charity.
Comic Relief ploughed in £2million for “advertising and promotion” but axed it last September after earning £470,000.
Just £760,000 of Comic Relief’s original injection was left. Comic Relief chief executive Kevin Cahill quit as Brand Relief director in 2012.
Since 2008, Comic Relief’s staffing costs have nearly doubled from £7.1million a year to £13.5million by 2012.
Yet it raised a total of £87.8million last year – less than in two of the three previous years.
At the end of 2012, the celebrity-driven independent charity, which fights poverty in the UK and abroad, was sitting on £261million, including shares, bonds and cash.
It owed £126million, including charity pledges.
Many Red Nose Day and Sport Relief viewers will be shocked by its policy of investing donations for up to eight years before they finally go to good causes.
In August, the Sunday People revealed it had put £14million into the Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund, which invests in three of the world’s biggest cigarette firms and arms giant BAE Systems.
Danny Cohen, the Director of BBC TV, is a trustee of Comic Relief, with other BBC directors Peter Salmon and Tim Davie. Davie was acting BBC director general last year when a report attacked the “flawed” decision to axe the Savile probe.
Last night a Comic Relief spokeswoman said: “We can’t control who the funds invest in.”
Comic Relief also said no money raised from the public was invested in the Brand Relief project.
It said operating costs “have gone up in order to generate more funds” and costs were covered by corporate sponsors and Gift Aid claims from the HM Revenue and Customs.
A BBC spokesman said: "At any one time the BBC is working on any number of investigations. We don’t comment on these.”