They're not pointing fingers. I actually thought it was a really interesting article - the quotes used were very even-handed and good at discussing the issue of "thought crimes" which the article returns to a couple of times and doesn't over-simplify, and is very specific that the bigger issue at present is indeed the live action stuff and why. While there is an element of "look at the weirdo foreigners!" to it, partly that's our own cultural bias in reading the article rather than anything on the BBC's part.
Yes, Jimmy Savile's abuse story was horrifying; more so because he was a "beloved" public figure. But it's not as if the BBC have avoided reporting extensively on the issue and related abuses by prominent contemporary figures (nor, indeed, have the NHS and associated public bodies, given the number of inquiries - the amount of self-flagellation the Beeb et al have done over this is enormous). Reporting on this neither diminishes or deflects from the gravity of Savile or the associated "Westminster paedo ring" or whatever we're supposed to call it; historic gross abuse of power is a very different issue from a strange difference in national psyche, and it's hardly hypocritical for an editorial outlet to comment on different issues.
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