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EXCL: Conspiracy theorists, who claim UK terror attacks are staged, are tracking down survivors to homes and workplaces to see if they’re lying about injuries. And abuse is getting worse post-pandemic. I’ve investigated for BBC Panorama & Radio 4 podcasts. bbc.com/news/uk-634126…
Now one survivor of Manchester Arena bombing is preparing libel action against a man who says he’s spied on victims. Conspiracies and tactics like his are emblematic of a wider phenomenon survivors and bereaved families are experiencing.

More on yday’s News at Ten & across BBC.
Listen to Radio 4 pod series, Disaster Trolls on BBC Sounds. What happens when tragedy makes you a target? I investigate how these conspiracies have spread to UK.

Pod produced by brill @AdeaneAnt editor Ed Main commissioned by @Rhiroberts Nathan Jones. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m…
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🚨 Meet the BBC’s undercover US Voters!

For Americast and Newsnight, I’ve created five characters - informed by research from Pew - to investigate what voters are exposed to and recommended across social media at a turbulent time for US politics.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
Learn all about who they are & what they’ve seen so far on the first episode of the new-look Americast podcast & on Newsnight last night.

The characters reflect views across the political spectrum in the US and have 5 social media profiles. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
The profiles are informed by data from Pew, which defined nine different typologies of US voters after conducting a wide-ranging survey in 2021.

The BBC has selected five of those nine types and based characters on those. More on how I created them here.

Let’s meet them…
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Another superb episode of ⁦#Newscast with @adamfleming@chrismason and special guest ⁦@PippaCrerar⁩ who’s just taken up the job of political editor at the ⁦@guardian⁩. One of the best ever. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
The ambient traffic noise which you can hear as it’s recorded in college green, a park adjacent to Westminster is a nice touch making it feel both intimate and very real, a great strength of this broadcasting marvel.
Bit sorry not to have some @bbclaurak and @BBCkatyaadler in there, but three voices may well be the magic number for these things.
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