Jimmy Savile Scandal: Pollard Report criticises BBC management: BBC press conference

Jimmy Savile Scandal: Pollard Report criticises BBC management: BBC press conference; Nick Pollard (report author) press conference SOT - Newsnight's inquiry into Jimmy Savile led to one of the worst management crisis - Led to resignation of DG - Around the original Newsnight story and subsequent ITV documentary - The Newsnight investigators got the story right - Decision to drot the story was wrong - He didn't look properly at the evidence properly - Another very serious error was made by the line manager - This had the effect of denying the BBC for the wider Corporation - There was some knowledge in the BBC Vision Department referred to the darker side - That knowledge was a missed opportunity - Most worrying aspect was the inability to deal with the events that followed . - Kept a lid on press interest - Working from incomplete facts - BBC management proved incapable of dealing with it - Leadership was in short supply - Rigid management chains - Partial knowledge was shared - The fall out generated a great deal of animosity - We have examined emails but mostly personal recollections - It has been a painstaking process at times - We have completed the task fairly and quickly - Happy to take a few questions