'Ghastly mess' at BBC: More quit amid intercourse scandal

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After being accused of covering up former BBC star Jimmy Savile's intercourseual abuse, the BBC falsely reported that a Margaret Thatcher-era politician had intercourseually abused children, leading to the resignation of the network's chief and the arrest of a former producer. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.  By NBC News wire reportsLONDON -- The two most senior figures at BBC News “stepped aside” Monday, as the public broadcaster revealed that the corporation’s outgoing director general will get his full year’s salary of $715,000 despite resigning under pressure after 54 days in the post.

The chairman of the broadcaster's governing body described revelations about the BBC’s multiple missteps in reporting a historic child intercourse abuse scandal in Britain as a “ghastly mess” and said the BBC needed a “radical overhaul.”

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