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22 Feb 2022
So impressed by the determination of @CharlotteRowle1 to pursue this. Well done, and to @jamiemroberton and @JackieLongc4
22 Feb 2022
I worked in this report examining police failures with digital evidence. Thanks @jamiemroberton @JackieLongc4 @jobrabkin @guybasnett @EdHowker channel4.com/news/police-bac…
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22 Feb 2022
A @Channel4News investigation reveals the scale of the forensic backlog facing police across the UK - 20,000 phones and devices are stuck waiting to be examined in criminal investigations.
This technological backlog has a huge - and very human - impact
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1 Jul 2021
“I think it’s explosive.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reacts to claims made by an ExxonMobil lobbyist that the oil giant is fighting climate legislation.
@AOC calls their actions “shameful” and says there is a “dark underbelly of Washington that works this way.”
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1 Jul 2021
CQC to look at whether criminal offences have been committed at maternity units
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1 Jul 2021
Exclusive: Senior ExxonMobil lobbyist Keith McCoy has been captured on camera by Greenpeace UK @UE revealing his company uses "forever chemicals", which independent research has linked to cancer, hormone disruption and weakened immunity. channel4.com/news/exxonmobil…
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1 Jul 2021
Having spent many hours piecing together footage from Jan 6th I know the sort of effort needed to put this together, and it's a great demonstration of how much detailed can be gathered from open source when it's correctly reviewed and analysed.
30 Jun 2021
New 40-minute short doc. The Visual Investigations team synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened on Jan. 6 — and why.
nytimes.com/video/us/politic…
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27 Jun 2021
As more families have been in touch about child abuse investigations and months of separation prompted by fractures misdiagnosed in their babies, I’ve been investigating the impact of a chronic shortage of expert paediatric radiologists
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Guy Basnett retweeted
24 Jun 2021
Three months into our housing investigation, the National Housing Federation - which represents England’s 800 leading social housing providers responsible for 6 million residents - has issued an apology for how tenants have been treated.
Full report here: itv.com/news/2021-06-24/nati…
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24 Jun 2021
“This is our 84th unsuccessful attempt to get into Western Europe.”
Meet the migrants caught in a brutal loop trying and failing to enter the European Union from Serbia.
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24 Jun 2021
It's here! Today we launch the paperback of No Fixed Abode. I'm so grateful to all those who allowed me to tell their stories - these are voices that must be listened to. Copies in bookshops and online stores now: hive.co.uk/Product/Maeve-McC…
ALT A row of paperback books - all read "No Fixed Abode"
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23 Jun 2021
The hidden victims of domestic violence, the women who take their own lives Enormously grateful to the families who spoke to us about such a sad, difficult subject. Prod @jamiemroberton.channel4.com/news/the-hidden…
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23 Jun 2021
For some children in school, incidents of sexual harassment are so commonplace, they see no point in reporting them. That was one of the conclusions of a recent Ofsted report.
@JackieLongc4 asks why our schools are no longer safe spaces on @C4TheFourcast plnk.to/TheFourcast
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Guy Basnett retweeted
22 Jun 2021
And aside from the stellar team 👀 all those awards behind @jonsnowC4 !
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21 Jun 2021
Our ITV investigation into the persecution of the Uyghurs wins Hardcash our third Peabody. Congratulations to Robin and Gesh.
21 Jun 2021
FRONTLINE's China Undercover uncovers the digital authoritarianism taking place against the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. @hasanminhaj presents @frontlinepbs with a #PeabodyAward for #ChinaUndercover. More: bit.ly/3gFmTHP
#StoriesThatMatter #PeabodyAwards #PBS"
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21 Jun 2021
Our investigation into how Amazon gets rid of unsold, often unused stock - business secretary Kwasi Kwarteny just told me he’s very concerned
Exclusive: Amazon is destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its UK warehouses every year, an ITV News investigation has uncovered.
Many of the products - including smart TVs and laptops - are often new and unused.
itv.com/news/2021-06-21/amaz…
#AmazonWaste
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Guy Basnett retweeted
16 Jun 2021
At #newsgeist I hosted a session about what the media can learn from open source investigators. I would love to see a newsroom that is not organized around beats, but skills. In the next tweets: outline of some non-journalistic projects that won prizes or got praise (1/...)
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18 Jun 2021
Revealed: British police received further complaint of sex crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019
channel4.com/news/revealed-b…
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15 Jun 2021
15 Jun 2021
Revealed: Epstein and Maxwell implicated in multiple claims of abuse in UK over a decade
Watch at 7 on 4:
channel4.com/news/revealed-e…
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Guy Basnett retweeted
15 Jun 2021
Tonight, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told Channel 4 News it would “review” the information put to them by this programme. However, they said they stand by their decision not to open a full investigation.
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15 Jun 2021
Must watch tonight from the C4N Investigations team - channel4.com/news/revealed-e…
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