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Meirion Jones
@MeirionTweets
Investigative journalist. I'm the Editor of @TBIJ. My tweets are my opinions, not anyone else’s. RT ≠ to agree. Wales! Cymru! AmazingDOTMeirionATgmailDOTcom
Nov 2, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
10 years ago Sir Jimmy #Savile had just died & BBC News was preparing state funeral type coverage of his memorial service. Meanwhile in the Newsnight office myself, the brilliant, brave (& very funny) Liz MacKean & @hamlivingston were preparing to expose..
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/n… him as a monster. Poppy (who wrote this piece) was working with Liz on another project at the time & saw what happened. I suppose the main revelation is that it was Liz who leaked the BBC's cover up to the press. At the time I (wrongly) thought it was Mark Williams Thomas...