BBC Scandal - Huw Edwards formally suspended over payment of explicit images of teenager Read OP*

I see a certain ex employee of the sun and now mouthpiece on GB news is unusually quiet on Twitter, I thought this story would be right up his alley....I have heard a lot of stories, some first first hand over the years about his behaviour, let's just say he makes Huw Edwards look like an angel.

Would be my guess, if the 35k exists - 35k over 3 years is a tad under grand a month, which would be a relatively high income on Onlyfans or similar.

This is so blatantly an attempt by Newscorp to discredit the BBC, presumably hand-in-hand with the Conservatives to try and distract from Johnson's latest criminality.

The depressing thing is that so many are falling for it.

Was the first claim, the mother saying her son was on drugs from the money he received from him?

Is that true? I heard the sun insisted the mother didn't asknfor payment (from the Sun). I didn't hear about a payment from TalkTv until now. Any sources?

Yep, would not have bothered wasting so much time online if I had to pay to watch porn. 😁

The experiment you’re referring to though was people pretending to have illnesses in order to test the validity of psychiatric diagnosis, it wasn’t designed to test access to treatment. The main reason why people aren’t able to access hospital care is simply because adequate resources aren’t there in the public system - they’re not sick enough to be admitted, basically:

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/29/strain-on-mental-health-care-leaves-8m-people-without-help-say-nhs-leaders

Doesn’t really apply in this particular case though as I’d doubt they’re reliant on public healthcare. Their current ill health doesn’t excuse their behaviour previous to their current condition whereby it’s easily understandable they would have had a breakdown following the possibility of being publicly identified and exposed. The public humiliation alone would be enough to send anyone into a tailspin, let alone someone who was already mentally unwell.

Being mentally unwell doesn’t explain or excuse their behaviour though. Their willingness to exploit other people for their own personal gain however, does.

Rupert Murdoch’s News UK has offered tens of thousands of pounds to the parents who made allegations about Huw Edwards, in return for a television interview, according to sources at the media company.

The Guardian understands that an interview with the couple has been recorded and is being edited for broadcast on TalkTV, the sister station of the Sun. Sources said the parents have been offered a significant sum for this.

The parents claimed their 20-year-old child was taken advantage of by Edwards, 61, who they alleged paid the young person £35,000 in return for explicit pictures. The police have concluded Edwards has no criminal case to answer but an internal BBC inquiry is investigating the allegations and separate claims against the News at Ten host.

From Yahoo News

I dunno how far reaching the BBC code of conduct goes. It seems to cover conduct outside the office too. So I dunno about them being blamed as such.

But they certainly have a vested reputational interest.

And now there are accusations of misconduct towards other BBC staff.

I find the psychological aspect of this the most fascinating of all. Edwards definitely acted against his own best interests, and repeatedly, insistently, intensely so. Why? Why put oneself at such a risk of falling from grace in this hideous, public manner, either from blackmail gone wrong or some other type of revelatory gotcha? The stakes are so high for a person in his very public, almost revered, position. He doesn’t strike me as stupid, he knew what the risks were and still he was determined to conduct this secret, seedy double life.

My thoughts on it would be, deep down he wanted this situation to transpire. A crisis is a purge of sorts, an opportunity for redemption or a reinvention. Nothing can now ever be the same again in his life. I get that. I mean, when you look at his appearance and the way he carries himself, he absolutely exudes that very old-fashioned British, stodgy, correct, somewhat pompous, stiff upper lip demeanour (just think of the Queen’s death announcement - that’s why he was so perfect for the occasion!) with just some occasional glimpses of another very British trait, gently self-deprecating humour. (I’ll say it again, it was somewhat of a shock to learn it was him!) Imagine being viewed in that context by millions of people while really being something else entirely, wanting something else, something that would make those millions of people despise you if they knew. That situation must exacerbate depression and a feeling of hopelessness about oneself. If at 50 or 60 years of age you don’t know what you’re at, then you’re in a dark place. I think this was his way out.

Sincerely,

your armchair psychologist