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Who do you think is the BBC presenter who has been suspended?

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broomers · 08/07/2023 10:46

I don't have twitter and haven't seen any theories as to who it is, I'm presuming a man due to the figure outline being used in the press:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66140356.amp

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FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 08/07/2023 14:22

Me neither 😆 How do you see what's"trending"?

Just go to twitter.com (or presumably on the app), sign in and it's there on the front page. On the right hand side if using a computer in the browser; not sure about where in the app.

A303 · 08/07/2023 14:23

SmoothSeasDoNotMakeGoodSailors · 08/07/2023 13:54

I know who it is (I’m not saying so don’t ask) and no one on this thread is right. It’s not right to speculate. The name being banded on this thread and on twitter doesn’t deserve to have their name and reputation sullied on baseless rumours.

No. You don't.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 08/07/2023 14:26

Here:

Who do you think is the BBC presenter who has been suspended?
Disolusionedteacher · 08/07/2023 14:30

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Willmafrockfit · 08/07/2023 14:33

twitter is just gossip without moderation surely?

UnRavellingFast · 08/07/2023 14:37

BringMeTea · 08/07/2023 12:21

Paddington is also trending so not sure this tells us anything meaningful.

Not Paddington 😭

willWillSmithsmith · 08/07/2023 14:38

Nanny0gg · 08/07/2023 12:09

I hope this thread goes the way of the other two.

Some of you would have been very happy with your knitting in front of the guillotine.

And not even caring if their entertainment was guilty or not, as long as they had a good view and knit at the same time.

NeedToThinkOfOne · 08/07/2023 14:43

SmoothSeasDoNotMakeGoodSailors · 08/07/2023 13:54

I know who it is (I’m not saying so don’t ask) and no one on this thread is right. It’s not right to speculate. The name being banded on this thread and on twitter doesn’t deserve to have their name and reputation sullied on baseless rumours.

This. It’s hideous the way people think it’s ok to keep naming people and it will do no harm. Understand that it does and that extends to their children and wider family. Why is this thread not being closed like the other ones today?

NeedToThinkOfOne · 08/07/2023 14:49

As for the teacher talking on here about an older pop star not being innocent, perhaps you might understand if the news ran a story about you being a hopeless teacher and accused you of not behaving in safeguarding terms around your pupils. Then people on MN start to talk about you, presuming your guilt based on what they think they know. Perhaps then you might not think it’s ok to speculate about others.

We have media laws in this country for a reason and the newspapers can push those rules to the absolute edge if they get a tiny sense of a story. It doesn’t mean the whole story is true. Twitter and other platforms are allowed to run free and stick two fingers at any rules, which is utterly depressing.

RoyalImpatience · 08/07/2023 14:52

@Pieceofpurplesky

Which video please can you give clue

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Oh, I didn’t think people believed anything other than that Cliff was very unfairly targeted by police and bbc

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LizzieSiddal · 08/07/2023 15:02

Jeremy has categorically denied being this person and said he will be on his show on Monday. I’m pleased it isn’t him, I think he’s a but if a Wally but not someone who would do such a thing as suggested here.

LizzieSiddal · 08/07/2023 15:03

Jeremy Vine
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Just to say I'm very much looking forward to hosting my radio show on Monday — whoever the “BBC Presenter” in the news is, I have the same message for you as Rylan did earlier: it certainly ain't me.

From Twitter

https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine

LizzieSiddal · 08/07/2023 15:03

*bit of

WhisperingAutistic · 08/07/2023 15:04

Will he be able to sue Katie Hopkins for that video?

Who do you think is the BBC presenter who has been suspended?
LizzieSiddal · 08/07/2023 15:06

I hope so @WhisperingAutistic. She’s a nasty piece of a work.

Pieceofpurplesky · 08/07/2023 15:07

@RoyalImpatience the person she named has now made a statement as mentioned here just now. So hopefully he will sue her foul mouth

Quveas · 08/07/2023 15:07

LizzieSiddal · 08/07/2023 13:57

You wouldn't go to the police, would you?

Have you seen the news recently? Sexual abuse victims are often treaded disgustingly, and going to a newspaper (if you can call it that) would mean the nonce will be dealt with and they won’t have to put their child through going to the local plod.

Great - so you would put them through the SUN would you? Because it treats pretty much EVERYBODY disgustingly. If you are going to quote me, quote the entire context, because I also pointed out that there were many more reputable and less salacious places to go than to the Sun - if you had any real concerns about your child in this scenario. Whatever you think about reporting to the police, and perhaps you are someone who wouldn't go to the police, would you genuinely drag your child into the Sun, because the Sun do not for one second care about this young man, his parents, or anything else that doesn't centre around themselves.

daisychain01 · 08/07/2023 15:07

i don't get your point @Disolusionedteacher

i was referring to Cliff .Richard having been completely unjustifiably dragged into the Operation Yewtree debacle when he shouldn't have been tarnished with that foul brush.

i have no way of validating your story so I will take it with a pinch of salt. Just because you claim to know the scoop on Cliff Richard doesn't make it factual, important or interesting. Maybe join the Daily Mail reporting team, seeing as you pay credence to gossip and "stories", they'd love you to add to their rag.

daisychain01 · 08/07/2023 15:09

willWillSmithsmith · 08/07/2023 14:38

And not even caring if their entertainment was guilty or not, as long as they had a good view and knit at the same time.

Agreed, it's all very sleazy.

Sureaseggs44 · 08/07/2023 15:12

Willmafrockfit · 08/07/2023 13:01

but is it even a police matter?

I can’t remember the exact wording but it is an offence to possess indecent images of someone under 18 . So if someone one solicited paid for and had photos in their possession then yes .

ThreeRingCircus · 08/07/2023 15:15

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Considering he's threatening to sue and has categorically said it's not him then I'd be careful throwing round baseless accusations as if you have the facts. People have been sued for what they post on social media.

This is why speculation is so dangerous. How would you feel if it were your DH, DF or DS having their name dragged through the mud with zero evidence?

creativebutterfly · 08/07/2023 15:16

Someone post the initials of who they think it is lol. This has already turned into a witch hunt

Quveas · 08/07/2023 15:16

NeedToThinkOfOne · 08/07/2023 14:43

This. It’s hideous the way people think it’s ok to keep naming people and it will do no harm. Understand that it does and that extends to their children and wider family. Why is this thread not being closed like the other ones today?

I have now reported it mutiple times. Shades of Nicola Bulley. Who gives a shit whether anything on the thread is true, as long as MN continues to get clicks? MNHQ should be ashamed of themselves. Can they genuinely hide behind "it weren't us that said owt" and let this appalling vitriol against people who have been convicted of nothing continue?

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