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Topic History of: BBC coverage of Al Fayed
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Wyot	I can sympathise with a lot of this but still think characterising a man who apparently kept an Empire sized harem of 25 PAs, at least one aged 16, and insisting that they have STI tests (not just health checks), is not consistent with a "lech" or "randy old sod" from an earlier era; the type who's hand would stray to any adjacent bum, and felt it was his God given duty to chat everyone up. It sounds to me a lot more sinister and calculated than this. (But no arguments that of course people will jump on the band wagon).
Downing Street Cat	As ever. As soon as the media point at someone. Look at how Meghan Markle was treated and then how the majority of the public have nothing but disdain for her. And for what? And as for the BBC they have gotten hold of the Al Fayed story like an XL Bully on a toddler. Oops. Sorry XL Bullys. You see? I've been taken in by negative press too. lol.
JK2006	It was only the serious stuff the presenters read out - I'm sure all the complaints were 90% genuine - I simply do not know about the 10% but I do know the media and the public who all want a better story and are unwilling to doubt.
Jo	I watched the BBC report last night where the women had short statements read out and didn't have the impression it would have been because they were lying and afraid of fluffing their lines. They seemed genuine to me. Someone I used to know worked for six years at Harrods while Al Fayed was in charge, starting on a management training scheme. I've no idea what her experience was and was tempted to think that if she stayed for six years there couldn't have been a problem. Maybe there wasn't in her case. However, one of the women interviewed by the BBC, who said that Al Fayed had set her up in a flat, said that she had never told anyone about the abuse, only disclosed it to her family recently and had stayed for five years because Al Fayed had threatened her. I find that believable in this case, given that he was her boss and a billionnaire, as opposed to some random entertainer off the telly.
JK2006	Well summed up Hedda!