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Daniel Rosney

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Daniel Rosney

@DanielRosney

Only really on LinkedIn these days. Freelance presenter & reporter @bbcnews @itvnews @dwnews @5_news @cbcnews🏆 Won 3 ARIA Awards. It's Reigning Men pod host.

Joined April 2009

Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Aug 11, 2023
Just a quick note on how BBC News verifies deaths in order to report them Yesterday I was assigned the death of online star Lil Tay A statement on her Instagram page said she, along with her brother, had died I contacted her management to double check it was true
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Aug 11, 2023
Replying to @DanielRosney
I guess this is just a thread to explain the 10+ hours of journalism that sometimes goes on that readers, listeners, and viewers don’t always get to see It’s also just a reminder that just because it’s online - and even on a verified Instagram account - it isn’t always true
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Apr 6, 2020
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern confirms Easter Bunny is classed as an “essential worker” but it might be “difficult for the bunny to get everywhere” in current circumstances. Tooth fairy also confirmed as an essential worker.
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Aug 11, 2023
Replying to @DanielRosney
Her management did not reply There were alarm bells ringing for me because the social media page had been inactive for five years I also contacted multiple police forces, both in the US and in Canada, where Lil Tay had links with No police were aware of the deaths
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Aug 11, 2023
Replying to @DanielRosney
But there was nothing I couldn’t confirm Lil Tay and her brother had died, and so BBC News couldn’t report it Late last night it transpired - via TMZ - it wasn’t true and the Instagram account had been compromised in some way
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Aug 11, 2023
Replying to @DanielRosney
I did this via email as well as on the phone There were a lot of questions and, from 10+ years of experience, press officers often give more information on background when it’s not in writing But there was no information on background No police force was aware of any incident
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Aug 11, 2023
Replying to @DanielRosney
Around the same I received a reply from Lil Tay’s management The instagram statement announcing the death was also deleted
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Aug 11, 2023
Replying to @DanielRosney
Meanwhile it seemed a lot of publications were either reporting Lil Tay was dead at 14 Or they had articles explaining “the mystery” surrounding it I continued speaking with police forces to try and piece together something Everyone I spoke to was very helpful and professional
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Dec 18, 2018
TEN YEARS x.com/petermckb/stat…
Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Nov 23, 2023
Shout out to some of the Girls Aloud fans outside Radio 2 who wouldn’t do on camera interviews because they were supposed to be at work We Stan
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Jun 17, 2023
We gotta fight, fight, fight, fight, fight for this love…
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Sep 9, 2024
EastEnders announcing a live episode a decade on from Jo Joyner’s life flashing before her eyes
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
May 10, 2024
Italy’s Angelina Mango just gave this short impromptu speech in the Eurovision press centre and then began singing Imagine by John Lennon
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Daniel Rosney
@DanielRosney
Mar 7, 2019
I had a chat with ⁦@Louis_Tomlinson⁩ about his new song out later today. He’s so brutally honest about grieving over his mum in both the interview and the song. Johannah died at the end of 2016 from leukaemia. She was 43 and had seven children.
Louis Tomlinson: New song Two Of Us helped me grieve for mum
From bbc.co.uk