Huw Edwards

[Atheist]

What motivated people who attacked Huw Edwards and the BBC? Were they going after him, or after the BBC? No crime committed. Those who did it must have a reason. Is it an attack on our institutions or on Edwards? I think it's an attack on the BBC first, and Edwards as the means to attack the BBC.
Who benefits from all this?

[fiveleaves]

People like to gossip that's mostly it. I tried to ignore it as best I could. Some media outlets were less than subtle.One newspaper published an article about Huw Edwards's wife and children a couple of days before he was officially exposed

[youngmafbog]

Just out of interest Atheist do you think Huw's behaviour (although apparently legal) acceptable for someone in the public eye?

If I did something like that my security clearance would be revoked and I would be sacked.

[bobbinwales]

^if you did something like what?

[barry1010]

young, how would your employer know you were using Only Fans? It's not illegal.

[youngmafbog]

//how would your employer know you were using Only Fans?//

You dont know who my employer is do you?

//^if you did something like what?//

Paid a young person large sums of money for naked pictures.


It was an open question, if you see earlier posts I made on the topic I was one who was not for naming anyone but these things have a habit of coming out.

I wonder if you would all be like this if was a Tory MP or Tory doner though?

[barry1010]

I don't care who your employer is. If you was sat in the middle of nowhere using a burner phone to access Only Fans your employer would not know.

[douglas9401]

Goodness me, we're going all George Smiley now. :-)

[barry1010]

I have children and grandchildren. I have never been in to porn, it does nothing for me and the thought of old men and women salivating over my teenage grandchildren whilst dipping their soldiers in their runny eggs turns my stomach. Or any man or woman of any age.
I don't expect anyone to behave better or differently because of their job or status, as long as they aren't breaking the law. Everyone should have the right to a private life.
It seems a lot of people are shocked because of Huw's age. Who do they think is paying these young people lots of money to post images and perform on sites like Only Fans?

[bobbinwales]

//Paid a young person large sums of money for naked pictures.//
Do we know for certain thats what hapened?

[Ellipsis]

FWIW, I don't see that Huw Edwards could resume his role as the highest paid BBC newsreader - it's not credible. See also Frank Bough, Angus Deayton, Phillip Schofield, etc etc

That said, everything Huw Edwards did "wrong" seems to have been in his private life, and was not illegal. And now it's public he can hardly be blackmailed, which may have been a problem before ...

[THECORBYLOON]

Security clearance" covers many occupations so it need not be that exciting.

As I have said previously, reputational damage can be done to an employer even if that damage has been caused by perfectly legal actions.

[andy-hughes]

Nicebloke - People who talk about mental health as an 'excuse' for behavior, tend to be people who have no experience of it, directly or indirectly.

Mental health issues are often a valid reason for unacceptable behaviour, but they are rarely, if ever, an 'excuse' for it.

In this instance, no one is using Mr Edwards' health issues as an 'excuse' for anything.

[Spungle]

Perhaps an old bloke paying young crack addicts for naked pictures is now completely acceptable? Vile.

[youngmafbog]

//I don't expect anyone to behave better or differently because of their job or status, as long as they aren't breaking the law. Everyone should have the right to a private life.//

Even politicians?

//It seems a lot of people are shocked because of Huw's age. //

Well age does play a factor if the person is vulnerable and very young.

The underlying problem is the BBC, once again, didnt bother to check. If they had when raised it could have responded saying 'Yes we know it is all perfectly legal' That would have been the end of the matter.

[youngmafbog]

TCL, yes that is really what I am getting at.

[barry1010]

Only Fans allows people to post naked, sexualised images and vidoes of themselves if they are 18 or over. Anyone can pay to view. Same with PornHub and many other sites.
I don't like it, I don't like the idea of it but it seems many do.

Either it is all right for anyone and everyone who chooses to pay or it is wrong. Their age, status, job shouldn't come in to it.

I would much prefer such sites didn't exist, just as I'd prefer youngsters not to stand on street corners and sell their bodies to passing strangers.
I don't hear anyone protesting about these sites, though.