04-10-12, 10:48 PM
Quote:She failed in her duty by failing to raise the matter.
She failed to believe the rumours. That's what she's guilty of.
The fact remains that she's done a heck of a lot to raise awareness on and help people who have suffered from child abuse.
And as I pointed out, times have changed, the journalist who left the flat disappointed he hadn't got a story is so very revealing. Society as a whole was perhaps culpable. And Rantzen was one of a number of people that worked to change our perception and awareness of child abuse.