Just what is going on at the BBC? It was only a fortnight ago that Laura Kuenssberg was ‘hacked‘ ahead of the launch of her new show. And now it is the turn of a second Beeb bigwig to suffer the same fate, apparently at the hands of another crypto scam. Nick Robinson, the star of Radio 4’s Today programme, is a longtime user of X, where he is often found tweeting his support for the Corporation in the face of another storm of outrage.
But Robinson appeared to be hacked on Monday evening after he posted a message that seemed, er, a little off-message from his usual observations about politics and the media. The former BBC Pol Ed declared that:
As a political thinker and podcast host, I’m often highly critical of Trump’s policies and decision-making. Yet, there’s one thing I truly find inspiring: his business acumen. Taking a page from his playbook, the BBC Today programme and I are excited to launch the $TODAY
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