Telegraph suspends comment on relaunched online content
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The Telegraph has suspended the facility for readers to comment on stories and features “until further notice” as part of a review of the way the newspaper engages with its audience.As part of the relaunch of Telegraph.co.uk, the company is also researching whether to reinstate the feature. The print edition of the newspaper has recently been given a new look.The roll-out of the new-look site is being done in stages with travel, TV, lifestyle and technology sections already live, but without the ability for readers to comment under articles. The parts of the site that have not yet been included in the redesign still allow comments.
Facts:
- Telegraph.co.uk has redesigned tech, lifestyle, TV and travel sections.
- Bloomberg did not comment on the decision but it is understood that the decision was taken that conversations about its content were better served on social media rather than its own platform.
Summary:
Jimmy Savile "would gratify himself sexually on BBC premises whenever the opportunity arose" and staff missed numerous opportunities to stop him, the long-awaited report into the scandal has found. Dame Janet Smith's review found there was a culture of "reverence and fear" towards celebrities at the corporation and that "an atmosphere of fear still exists today in the BBC". When a junior female employee at Television Centre complained to her supervisor that she had been sexually assaulted by Savile, she was told "keep your mouth shut, he is a VIP", the report found.
Facts:
- Esther Rantzen says 'some good results' came of Savile revelations
- Review finds culture of 'reverence and fear' towards celebrities
- 'No evidence' BBC bosses knew about Jimmy Savile sex attacks
- Victim's lawyer calls report 'an expensive whitewash'
- Tony Blackburn 'sacked by BBC' ahead of Jimmy Savile report
- BBC Director General's statement in full
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