Huw Edwards, The BBC, The Sun and the media storm.

On Wednesday evening, five days after allegations were first published, Huw Edwards was named by his wife as the BBC presenter accused of paying £35,000 to a young person, for sexually explicit photographs. As further allegations emerge, the Metropolitan Police says it has found no evidence of a criminal offence and Edwards is receiving in-patient hospital care for his mental health after a “serious episode.” So how did the week unfold? And where does it leave the debate over public interest, privacy and duty of care?
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[@IbnBahtuta]

"Unwise but not illegal" seems to cover quite a broad swathe of the immoral behavior on display these days. Where is the honour, the dignity, self-discipline, and honesty that we expect in human behaviour? "Immoral but not illegal" is a truer description and doesn't resort to euphemisms to make the unacceptable sound more acceptable.

[@badfairy9554]

Sexting with someone under 18 is illegal in the UK.

[@inekeaknoeff7761]

Some decades ago there have been terrible facts revealed about abuse...it seems teh BBC has not realy learned much of that disastrous time.

[@mariannetuite7411]

Genuinely cannot fathom why people are showing so much concern for this man yet so little for the people he used, coerced, and made feel uncomfortable in the work place. If an “average” person had essentially funded his child’s addiction when they were just 17 I’ve no doubt he’d be baying for blood - and rightly so! Yet because this man is somewhat well known and wealthy he’s allowed to skulk in the shadows, use mental health issues effectively as a get out clause and face no repercussions. Sickening

[@user-xn3ks1tl1f]

I understand where you’re coming from. The little people are ‘unknown’ and remain anonymous - rightly so. Huw Edwards is Incredibly well known and his employer + his wife both came out and named him, virtuously simultaneously. A huge shock for everyone. He MAY have ducked for cover citing MH issues and is safely out of the way in a hospital OR he might be a really genuinely sick man who his wife says has dealt with Depression for years on & off. He might have had a breakdown, because of the tidal wave of bad publicity. WE DON’T KNOW ALL THE INS & OUTS YET !!!!!!

[@Andrea-ld9cy]

@@user-xn3ks1tl1f really, he wasn't sectioned he admitted him self into a private clinic which he paid for. He is playing the mental health card, he's disgusting

[@user-xn3ks1tl1f]

@@Andrea-ld9cy Who said he was ‘ sectioned ‘ ? So he’s in a Private Clinic; he is financially well off I believe. How do you know what kind of Mental state Huw Edwards was in ? How to YOU know he wasn’t having a complete breakdown for example. How come you’re privy to this man simply hiding away from the Press & Media furore. Where is the proof of what you say ?

[@Andrea-ld9cy]

@@user-xn3ks1tl1f I didn't say he had been sectioned, I said he paid privately just as we all could if we had the money and wanted to get out of something. Where's your sympathy for the young 17 year old? The one the old pervert paid to fuel his drug addiction so he could get his W ank material. Why are you defending the pervert? Would you do the same if he'd done the same to your child?..... 🤔

[@aredub1847]

press really closing the ranks on this guy.

[@edwardbaran9326]

I think there's a pretty clear public interest in reporting on a man in his 60s, whose obscene wages we are all forced tp pay, DMing teenagers.

[@melgrant7404]

Did he showed a duty of care to his young people he was involved with

[@MarciaThomas-dh9tm]

Keeping your underwear on should be in the contract of employment at the bbc....due to their previous!!!!!

[@brettwilson7155]

I can't wait for the drama to come out ..... 'The Assassination of Huw Edwards'

[@Mark-xl3ns]

Why hasn't he said anything about the scandal 🤔

[@johnvaleanbaily246]

For the same reason you don't volunteer information to the police. Possibly self incriminating.

[@ftumschk]

Because he's currently an in-patient at a mental hospital, and his wife has said he will address the issue when he's released.

[@patrickokeeffe539]

Maybe because he does not want to speak about his private life.

[@roboldx9171]

The man is ill in hospital.

[@melgrant7404]

He could have denied it through his wife's statement.

[@ESL.MsClaire]

The Sun is a disgrace and Murdoch a snake. ❤ Huw. Let’s talk about Boris.

[@dw5749]

So what?????? Crazy tabloid culture. Why 'shocked?' That he fancied young body? Wow, that's unusual 😂 Poor man.

[@Bernaren60]

Peidiwch â phoeni ein defaid🐑🐏.

[@FOR-VALOUR]

He should have just used Only fans and looked at people's toes like a normal person.

[@sandyelton9532]

Makes you loss trust.

[@tonupharry]

Yawn !

[@IanP1963]

Yawn yawn 🙄

[@badfairy9554]

I am shocked that so many people do not know that sexting a under 18 year old is breaking the law.

[@bbbb98765]

The police have said there was no criminal behaviour. Stop insinuating false allegations

[@roboldx9171]

Accept it is proven nothing was committed against the law. Take it up with the police.

[@peterrauth118]

The police said no crime was committed. So apparently he didn't.

[@badfairy9554]

@@bbbb98765 I did not write a name.

[@keitharrowsmith3682]

Show a bit of compassion …. “Let he who is without sin”

[@user-xn3ks1tl1f]

It’s both. Duty of care 1st and later in the public interest. Main thing is the honest truth coming out and facts not fiction or supposition. If a person is mentally unwell and it’s serious enough to be hospitalised, give them some space. Stop the insane clamber for salacious news. Has the BBC been thorough and truthful ? It’ll all come out in the wash - meanwhile best wishes to Huw Edwards and his family and here’s hoping they all come through this O.K. 💕💕💕💕💕

[@user-xn3ks1tl1f]

@@abcxyz2927 You have a very good point. It may be being used as a cover for inappropriate behaviours OR there could be genuine MH problems which he just about managed to get through, perhaps with medication. Who knows what the real McCoy is ? He may have struggled for a long time. I just feel compassion for this lovely Welshman and wish him well.

[@littlebear5219]

Another witch hunt

[@Bernaren60]

Mae'n helfa wrach homoffobaidd

[@badfairy9554]

This time a man has broke the law.

[@peterrauth118]

@@badfairy9554 Apparently not

[@mayaparker6323]

There is not a witch hunt ! Just an interest of a man in public life using his health to avoid the consequences of his addictive and dangerous behaviour!!!

[@Bernaren60]

@mayaparker6323 it is a witch hunt orchestrated by Rupert Murdoch's media. Now you know who is being accused. Are you happier than a week ago? Are you better informed about what exactly happened and how does that information help you in living your life? Was it necessary for us to know?

[@mikemoore1243]

🤔. Prevert becomes victim 😢. 😂😂😂

[@fiskrond9212]

I thought as of 2021 young people were now deemed sufficiently world-wise to be capable of making political decisions at the age of 16..

[@gunt8622]

Shut down The Sun.

[@theoccupier1652]

So you cannot spell BBC ???

[@guff9567]

Huw is not a sodomite. He is a Christian

[@theoccupier1652]

And we all know what they do .......Pray they never get caught ... Perverts

[@dixsusu]

Pay the damn TV Licence so they can get spent on telenovelas like it ! Damn ...... All of you from coments .