Journalist at BBC that broke the Saville sexual abuse story died 3 days ago in her 50s from a stroke (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Godwillwin

Just thought it would be worth looking into her death a little bit. She was only 52. Here's an excerpt from an article. It discusses her achievements including her breaking the saville story and the controversy of her investigation leading to her leaving BBC:

Ex-BBC News correspondent Liz MacKean has died after suffering a stroke.

MacKean, 52, worked for the corporation for more than 20 years but left in 2013 amid a row over the decision to shelve her investigation for Newsnight about disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile.

She began her career at BBC Hereford and Worcester, before presenting on Breakfast and reporting from Northern Ireland and Scotland.

MacKean went on to work on Channel 4's Dispatches programme.

BBC director of news James Harding paid tribute to MacKean, saying she had earned a reputation as a "remarkably tenacious and resourceful reporter".

"In Northern Ireland, she won the trust of all sides and produced some of the most insightful and hard-hitting reporting of the conflict," he said.

"It was as an investigative reporter that she really shone, shining a light on issues from the dumping of toxic waste off the African coast to Jimmy Savile, the story for which she is probably best known."

The mother-of-two studied at Manchester University and gained a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism before joining the BBC.

MacKean's story about the child abuse committed by Jimmy Savile was dropped by Newsnight in 2011. But the investigation with producer Meirion Jones was later recognised by the London Press Club with a scoop of the year award.

Link to the full article http://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-40981585

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SoSpricyHotDog ago

But why 5-6 years later? After the story was pulled/unveiled. Unless there was evidence that she was going to release some previously unknown information related to PG/Saville - I don't get why she would have been UKilled off this late in the game?

Votescam ago

Very likely that she would have continued her research and investigation .... and either had new details to add or more discovery to report.

She would have continued fighting the censorship of the story on Saville and whatever else she knew about it and worldwide pedophilia -- what we can pretty much call "Rule by MKULTRA/Monarch."

SoSpricyHotDog ago

Source? Or just an assumption? It seemed like she had moved on... but, it would be incredible to find out otherwise.

Votescam ago

A summing up of who Liz Mac Kean was --

A journalist who had higher ethics than the BBC and resigned to protest the censorship of her story on Saville.

And those who worked with her made that clear ....

"remarkably tenacious and resourceful reporter".

"In Northern Ireland, she won the trust of all sides and produced some of the most insightful and hard-hitting reporting of the conflict," he said.

"It was as an investigative reporter that she really shone, shining a light on issues from the dumping of toxic waste off the African coast to Jimmy Savile, the story for which she is probably best known.">

Also --

'I was very unhappy the story didn't run because I felt we had spoken to people who collectively deserved to be heard and they weren't heard and I thought that that was a failure.'

The reporter also added that she felt 'responsible' towards the victims and felt she had let them down.

The Saville story serves as one of the guideposts for international pedo-gate, or maybe even one of the cornerstones . . . but no one begins with the Saville story and then ends their research/investigation there.