Biggest news story of the year breaking this weekend. Part 2

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Follow on from the last thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4896774-apparently-the-biggest-news-story-of-the-year-is-going-to-break-over-the-weekend?page=40&reply=129219807

No way is it JR, he just is not like that! My 5 would be

RB (already named)
DW
NF
FS
LF

These initials are confusing, when it thread first started RB was assumed to be Russell Brand, Rob Brydon and Rob Beckett!

The vast majority of rapists get away with it. Ordinary men rape and get away with it most of the time. Where's the big scandal about that?

@MrWhippyyy I apologise if that appeared to minimise rape, that wasn't my intention. However I will add that I think rape by an unknown man is no less massive than rape by a celebrity.

Thats what im.thinking ,im.not condoning what he's done if he's a serial.abuser or rapist at all.but is he really such a big enough name to.make it the biggest news story this year ?

Very sad that Sean Lock is no longer with us 😥

There's a screenshot from Twitter over on Tattle, could be a load of nonsense, but it details some of a womans account of a rape that RB committed and it's heartbreaking, shocking and disturbing. I feel like it's going to be such an upsetting show tonight.

What do I do at 3pm? Where would I hear the announcement?

May have committed. This is a classic example of trial by social media. I can't stand Russell Brand but the allegation should be investigated by the police not by social media. What happened to innocent until proven guilty.

I'd be surprised at NF , because gbbo is starting on channel 4 this week. Surely they wouldn't 'expose' him then run a family show with him presenting.

Apologies, I thought it was clear that it could be nothing when I said it could be a load of nonsense.

SouthCoastShell - you could try checking one of the news sites. Chances are though, it'll be on MN within seconds.

"National Treasure"..... that would be a "Cracker" of a story......

It should be a bloody big scandal. And if this is about rape then I for one am glad it’s getting ‘hyped up’. It should be. It should never be treated as though any rape is nothing to be concerned about

How do we know this isn't a giant wind-up as some have suggested, and the #MeToo could mean 'I too have wildly speculated with no evidence and named someone' ? Isn't the clue that it's supposed to be about comedians, that the joke is on us?

I could be totally wrong of course but right now am not convinced this is anything serious.

@MsLavender you are right, you did say that, my apologies. But it is still concerning that there will be many who read things on social media and make judgements about things so serious that the police should be involved.

Why does this come up every time?

A scandal is a scandal, why is there always a conspiracy theory that the government have plotted with the papers and C4 (who hate the government) to help cover something up?

The sad thing is though that we've already seen so many cases involving celebrities and sexual offences where people have been to the police and they've not been believed so they have no choice but to turn to the press. I get what you're saying though.

You're absolutely right, without question. However, it doesn't really fit in with normal Dispatches output and disgusting as it is it'll not be news story of the month, let alone year.

Though I do wonder if 'story of the year' is coming from the thread as opposed Dispatches/Ch4? (i.e. we're all making assumptions and inadvertently downplaying rape).

How and where is the story going live at 3pm?

Believe it's a Times story

I’m going to see RG tonight I wonder he will mention it?

Waiting......

Why do you think my comment minimised rape? I was commenting more about the profile of the person involved, rather than the potential allegations - I am sorry if that did not come across.

This breaking news has been billed as potentially the biggest story this year and I can’t see RB falling into that category when much more high profile people like Huw Edwards (extremely establishment, announced death of queen etc) and Phillip Schofield (on TM every day etc) have been reported on. Brand has drifted from high profile to conspiracy theorist YouTuber - that combined with the stuff already known about his personal life makes me confused as to how this can be such a massive story.

Because it’s a proven tactic.

And because it’s utterly blatant with all this“biggest story of the year” hype planted on social media that somebody wants to stoke up a massive story. Why?
okay so channel 4 want views… they want views every day of the year, as does every channel. They will get their views anyway if their programme is any good. So why all this hype up front? Why now? Whose interests is it serving?

WHY IS MUMSNET LETTING THIS STAY UP!
THREADS ARE ALWAYS DELETED
SO IT COULD BE ABOUT HOW RUMOURS AND HEARSAY SPREAD SO RAPIDLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW IT CAN BE SO DAMAGING