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I reckon it's Anne Robinson. Fight me.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

i dont get why the bbc doesn't come out and say who it is, because by...

  1. announcing that the accused has been taken off air, and
  2. not announcing who it is immediately,

...means that the internet detectives can play a big game of guess who, by taking note of who does appear on tv in the next few days, combined with who confirms on twitter that "it's not them", and then using deduction to figure out who is remaining. it will surely be worse for optics if the top minds of the internet figure it out first

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The BBC hasn't come out and said who because everybody involved deserves privacy until the investigations are concluded. Also, innocent until proven guilty and all that ...

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