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WAYNE’S WORLD
Trailers for The Real Rooneys on Disney+ feature Coleen filming ads for gambling firm Paddy Power – but no mention of Wayne’s gambling addiction.

FIGHTING TALK
Presenters on TalkTV have been reassuring audience members about the absence of Andre Walker, recently found guilty of assaulting an activist.

CLICK-IT TOUTS
The BBC’s guidelines advising filmmakers how to pitch YouTube content look very similar to those contained in Mr Beast’s “Beast Bible”.

DO AS I SAY...
Conservative commentator Caroline Farrow blames “organised campaigns” for Ofcom’s investigation of her – yet she herself organises censorious campaigns.

POD BEDFELLOWS
A bizarre claim from the hosts of The Rest Is History that the king of the modern-day labour movement happens to be their sponsor.

FARMING TALENT
The Royal Television Society’s London Convention’s headliner is Jeremy Clarkson – and his co-speaker is a certain Em Clarkson…

TALE FROM THE CRYPTO
Scammers are using the claimants in the case of Baroness Lawrence and Others v Associated Newspapers as unlikely lures for gullible punters.

STATE OF PLAY
Gianni Infantino must depend on the one-member-one-vote system used by Fifa’s 211 member nations when he stands for re-election in March.

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