Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax terrified me
Channel 4’s chilling account of a paedophile scare shows the very modern hell unleashed by online conspiracy theories.
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Rachel Cooke is a writer at the Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year.
Channel 4’s chilling account of a paedophile scare shows the very modern hell unleashed by online conspiracy theories.
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