Jimmy Savile and the BBC - the story that just keeps on running...
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It is very rare for stories to run and run for weeks on end with consistent front page coverage. The Jimmy Savile scandal is therefore a very rare story indeed.The fact that the BBC is embroiled in the affair is also key to the continuing coverage.
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