Report blames chaos, not cover-up, for BBC scandal

LONDON (AP) — A BBC review has absolved senior executives of trying to bury an explosive story about one of its best-known children’s television stars, saying management errors were to blame for the fact that a planned expose on pedophilia allegations against the late Jimmy Savile was canceled.

Institutional chaos and confusion — but not a cover-up — were to blame for the BBC’s disastrous decision to scupper the “Newsnight” program, the review found Wednesday.