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October 23, 2012
The BBC's director general has defended the news organization's handling of a sex abuse scandal involving a former entertainer now accused of having abused women and girls over several decades. A parliamentary committee was particularly interested in why the BBC dropped an investigative report into the allegations in December. Police say the late Jimmy Savile was a predatory sex offender.
