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If #MediaBlackout Had Been True, You'd All Feel Really Guilty By Now

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The UK does not have freedom of speech enshrined in its constitution like the USA. Conversely, you can swear and show full frontal nudity on network television, but certain news stories can't be reported if they are sufficiently sensitive, by order of the government. There is something called the D-Notice, which is rarely used, but very powerful when enacted.

Anyway, the internet seemed to think such a thing has been used. And that it's down to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Which has led to my inbox being full this morning, and this sort of thing.

https://twitter.com/Caitlinnjade_/status/814658263484682240

https://twitter.com/ToddIsntDead/status/814645069261246465

https://twitter.com/SteveSteveblog/status/814603272917024769

https://twitter.com/ClairelyCrazy/status/814602643930841088

https://twitter.com/jamiefox1/status/814600457222025218

https://twitter.com/Itssarahbryan/status/814596165232627712

https://twitter.com/SteveSteveblog/status/814595714886107136

So where did it all come from? Well it may have been a now-deleted Facebook post from a radio show…

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And a fake and now suspended BBC twitter account…

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@BBCNewsUKI: BREAKING: Buckingham Palace announces the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 90. Circumstances are unknown. More to follow.

Finally wrestled this back into some kind of token relevance for Bleeding Cool.

Oh and just so you know,

https://twitter.com/theal_brown/status/814594610639106058

This didn't happen at 8am. But what did happen?

 

Life Model Decoy! JJ Abrams faked it!

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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