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[News] Huw Edwards
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,185
Thankfully the circularisation of these awful tabloids is decreasing markedly, so why is it that the likes of the BBC, ITV and Sky take their cue on the news agenda from the front pages of these rags?
Rubbish about Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, Meghan, Schofield, Huw Edwards, Love Island rats, affairs on Strictly - none of it really matters one jot. This is not news, it is "entertainment" in the same way that people used to attend public hangings or throw rotten fruit and vegetables at folk in the stocks for their "entertainment".
I find myself looking at social media posts from friends alluding to Huw Edwards' identity and his private antics and just thinking we should be beyond this shit, in the same way that casual racism and casual homophobia is not acceptable any more.
Rubbish about Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, Meghan, Schofield, Huw Edwards, Love Island rats, affairs on Strictly - none of it really matters one jot. This is not news, it is "entertainment" in the same way that people used to attend public hangings or throw rotten fruit and vegetables at folk in the stocks for their "entertainment".
I find myself looking at social media posts from friends alluding to Huw Edwards' identity and his private antics and just thinking we should be beyond this shit, in the same way that casual racism and casual homophobia is not acceptable any more.
pb21
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- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,659
The police have concluded there is no evidence of criminality.
You might want to delete your libellous comment that he paid for pics of young boys.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
- 21,718
Should we really care? It its a police matter let them deal with it. If not well it sounds all a bit sordid but that's between him and his wife and doesn't seem particularly news worthy.
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
I actually had my money on this guy…
Looks guilty.
Guess I was wrong.
Looks guilty.
Guess I was wrong.
BBassic
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- Jul 28, 2011
- 12,966
Precisely.
Unless you're one of the scumfucks working at The Sun. Apparently.
That isn’t criminal but that is what happened .
It makes him a massive wrongen
If he’s into this sort of thing while married. You have to suspect it’s the tip of the iceberg
- Jan 3, 2012
- 17,279
What’s taxpayers’ money got to do with it? The BBC is not paid for through tax.
licence fee payers’ money if anything.
I wouldn’t assume he will get a big pay-off. Could possibly just as easily get summarily dismissed for gross misconduct. But I trust they will take his health and mental state in to consideration.
maltaseagull
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Ahh but how many can actually read as opposed to just looking at the pictures?
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16 yrs old or 17, or 45 yes old. Man, boy, woman, girl.
People can be vulnerable and open to exploitation at any age. There is such a thing as safeguarding adults.
f*** knows what Edwards has been up to. I’m not commenting on that individual case.
I would, in general, question the acquisition of explicit photographs from young people by influential, well off, authority figures.
There are always questions and concerns of morality and coercion in such occurrences and I hope that wherever they occur they are not just investigated legally but ethically. And with a focus on safeguarding and welfare of all concerned.
People can be vulnerable and open to exploitation at any age. There is such a thing as safeguarding adults.
f*** knows what Edwards has been up to. I’m not commenting on that individual case.
I would, in general, question the acquisition of explicit photographs from young people by influential, well off, authority figures.
There are always questions and concerns of morality and coercion in such occurrences and I hope that wherever they occur they are not just investigated legally but ethically. And with a focus on safeguarding and welfare of all concerned.
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One of the worst aspects of all this was the way the bbc star (who we now know is Huw Edwards) was compared to saville and called the worst kind of paedophile . Plus there was all the unfounded speculation of who it was, with names named.
Where did this happen? On social media of course.
Twitter and the like can be added to the list of people/institutions that come out of this badly - sadly the thick, pitchfork mentality of the social media masses is a reflection of modern day society.
As a great man once said “Everyone has an opinion. Unfortunately“.
I say great man. It was Graham Potter. Former great.
Not quite.
The employer will of course mount an investigation. He may have done nothing illegal but there are issues of propriety and judgement. It looks like he lacks judgement (albeit nobody is claiming thy have shagged him - yet).
When someone he met online changed their mind about meeting, then told Edwards they fancied bragging on social media they had turned down a date with the famous Huw Edwards, he sent aggressive abusive correspondence. The 'me-too'ers are looming on the horizon. Surprisingly few and surprisingly modest levels of outrage so far.
AmexRuislip
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- Jan 3, 2012
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On a Marketing course many years ago I actually heard the average reading age of a Sun Reader is 7.
