Jack Rivlin - The Proof Of Dumbing Down At Cambridge University

Jack Rivlin - what happens, when a lad tries to do a man's job

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Last updated: May 10th, 2013

We sneered [not you, you were almost still filling your nappies, Jack] at the tabloid obsession with paedophiles [sic]. But complacency is what let Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall get away with it [sic].

"Jimmy Savile: witnesses kept their mouths shut.

We used to sneer at the tabloids’ obsession with paedophiles [sic]. Before Jimmy Savile’s disgrace [sic], the main thing liberals [?] feared about paedophilia [sic] were the witch hunts stirred up by the News of the World. Exaggerated [really Jack?] tales of mobs attacking [sic] paediatricians and the (admittedly funny) Brass Eye special, "Paedogeddon", both carried the same message: calm down. Paedophiles [sic] were freaks of nature [sic], a matter for psychologists, not public morality. [interesting interpretation, there, Jack]

Post-Savile, that view is unsustainable [sic]. It looks like [sic] the light entertainment bubble gave its numerous abusers [weasel word] astonishing opportunities. And other people’s silence and inaction allowed it to continue for decades.

The silence is one of the most shocking things about Yewtree [maybe to a kid]. As every hideous new detail emerges, one depressing sentiment repeats itself: “Everyone knew it was going on.” We’re told it was a permissive time, when paedophilia [sic] wasn’t taken so seriously. The scandal has been a watershed [sic], giving victims [sic] new strength to speak up and seek justice. But why then – given the extraordinary number of witnesses [sic] – is it still the victims [sic] going to the police?"

"Jack Rivlin

Jack Rivlin is the editor of The Tab, an online tabloid for students which is "neither clever nor funny", according to the Guardian. He is a former Evening Standard news reporter."

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jackrivlin/100216099/we-sneered-at-the-tabloid-obsession-with-paedophiles-but-complacency-is-what-let-jimmy-savile-and-stuart-hall-get-away-with-it/

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