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BBC Investigation Finds Managers “Tolerated” Culture Of Homophobic Abuse At Radio Station
A BBC whistleblowing investigation has found evidence that management contributed to an environment of homophobic abuse at BBC Radio Cornwall.
The internal report, which is understood to have been completed this year, partially upheld an allegation that “failings at a managerial and institutional level in BBC Radio Cornwall created and sustained an environment in which homophobic abuse was implicitly or explicitly tolerated.” The conclusion of the whistleblowing investigation was disclosed as part of an employment tribunal involving former BBC Radio Cornwall presenter Jack Murley, who has taken legal action against the corporation for wrongful dismissal. Murley’s closing written submission to the tribunal, obtained by Deadline, makes reference to the internal whistleblowing investigation and calls its conclusion “highly damning.”
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