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Reporter Tweets Celeb's Name, Is Sacked
- Press Gazette, Thursday, December 6, 2012 3:11 PM
A junior reporter has been sacked after naming a high-profile TV figure allegedly questioned in connection with the Jimmy Savile sex abuse investigation on Twitter. The Met Police announced on Thursday that they were questioning a man in his 80s under caution as part of Operation Yewtree but refused to confirm his identity to journalists on an off-the-record basis. He was, however, widely identified on Twitter.
