Savile inquiry: Paxman said DJ rumours 'common gossip'
Jeremy Paxman told a BBC inquiry into Newsnight's axed Jimmy Savile investigation that it was "common gossip" the DJ liked "young" people.
The Newsnight presenter said it was assumed they were girls, but he did not know "whether it was girls or boys".
But news executive Helen Boaden said she "had never heard any dark rumours".
The BBC has published transcripts from an inquiry that found Newsnight's decision to drop its probe into sexual abuse by Savile had been "flawed".
The BBC's David Sillito reports.
22 Feb 2013
- From the section UK