Thread by @carolecadwalla

In May 2017, Cambridge Analytica threatened to sue @ObserverUK

It took a team of editors, reporters & lawyers to keep publishing. Their knowledge of this story is unmatched by any other publication

I hope you will read their view of this week’s headlines
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This leader wasn’t my idea & is not my words. But I’ve been lucky enough to work with hugely talented & impressive colleagues who have grappled with the detail - & legalities - of it over *years*. It’s only because of their commitment & brainpower that *any* of this could be told

Shonky homemade video of #TheGreatHack because I want to name check some here: @sarah_donaldson without whom there *literally* would be no Cambridge Analytica story. The brilliant @_EmmaGH whose reporting skills made it happen. @ladywell23 who fought off CA’s & FB’s lawyers

Not forgetting @paulfwebster who has come close to a cardiac incident on more than one occasion. The Saturday we received 2nd legal letter from CA & he had to decide whether to publish planned piece was *cough* memorable. (He published.) The point is these people know the detail

.@afneil's Spectator & others use me as culture war hate figure. But @ObserverUK's editors, reporters & lawyers have spent 4 years grappling with the detail, following the inquiries, understanding the background. And it's they who publish this leader today

Most of the reports this week were unintentionally incomplete & misleading. Individuals failed to reference findings of ICO's previous reports...probably because they didn't know about them. But many were intentionally bad. Step forward the usual trolls

spectator.co.uk/article/the-co…

It's still v mysterious to me why @b_judah spent months trying to take me down & misinforming my colleagues about his intentions but I see his good friend has now joined in. Problem with this is that he *literally* doesn't know what he doesn't know...
thetimes.co.uk/edition/commen…