In focusing on Savile as an individual, this investigation downplays the role Britain’s major institutions played in producing his celebrity icon mask.
- Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
Accusations of historical child abuse against the powerful are mounting. Is a trial by media about to kick into full gear?
For all its extraordinary impact, the Jimmy Savile scandal has not unfolded in an exceptional way. The media and justice systems’ treatment of the affair is only the latest example of a relatively new…
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