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The thread discusses why Channel 4 correspondent Alex Thomson was removed from co-hosting the Rory Peck Awards, citing health and safety concerns after returning from covering the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. The main questions are whether Thomson voluntarily withdrew versus being dropped, and who would replace him; one update says he claimed the organizers removed him and that Lindsey Hilsum would step in. Overall sentiment is surprise and concern, reflected in reactions like shocked/emotive responses.
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Channel 4 News chief correspondent Alex Thomson will not co-host Wednesday night’s Link Removed due to health and safety concerns following his recent return from covering the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.
Thomson was supposed to co-present the annual awards for freelance journalists with Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford, but will be replaced by his colleague, international editor Lindsey Hilsum.
He tweeted on Wednesday: “I did not pull out of presenting the Rory Peck Awards - they dropped me.”
The awards were set up in 1995 in memory of freelance cameraman Rory Peck, who was killed in Moscow in 1993.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/19/ebola-channel-4-news-alex-thomson-rory-peck :eek: :shocked:
 

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