News and media reviews for the Child Abuse Survivor community, from fellow survivors
It’s due to be overshadowed for American readers by the final Presidential Election Debate but it’s BBC vs BBC over in the UK, as one documentary news flagship on one channel – Panorama – shows a documentary investiagating another one … Continued
Overnight for UK readers, Jerry Sandusky’s sentence was decided by a Pennsylvania court at 30 to 60 years for the abuse of 10 boys abused either through Penn State University or the charity where he worked to help troubled children. NBC has … Continued
At the end of last week the director of a music charity began a 30 year sentence for the abuse of at least two boys and creating child abuse images over a two year period last decade, and being arrested with … Continued
American R ‘n’ B singer Rahsaan Patterson didn’t just disclose during Child Abuse Awareness month, he also released a new song to raise funds for RAINN. Read all about it at their website here. – CBG
UK children’s charity Action For Children has called on the government to update the specific laws regarding child neglect which are now 80 years old. The BBC has the story here and the press releases at the charity’s own site … Continued
Male Rape and Child Abuse charity Survivors UK launched a new ad campaign at the start of the week, mounting large posters on London’s Underground subway system and also at the city’s busiest train station Clapham Junction. The Daily Mail … Continued
The British Government has announced UKP 1.2million for a fund aimed at helping the teenage girl victims of street gangs who are routinely raped and abused upon joining. BBC London has the story here on its site with input from a … Continued
UK TV Channel 4 has already screened a mini-teaser letting people know about the launch time for the promo, because the campaign revolves around “Michael’s Story”. Being November, the annual Children in Need campaign on BBC television and the Remembrance … Continued
The British free telephone service Childline will face cuts when 20% of the volunteer workforce will be withdrawn from the charity. 75 salaried positions will also be made redundant. We’ll comment on this story later, right now the Mail on … Continued
Following up on our story yesterday, News International has announced that The News of The World, first published in 1843, is to close this Sunday 10th July 2011. The final edition will have no ads following the mass withdrawal by … Continued