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Line 14: \| occupation = [[Investigative journalist]] }} '''Meirion Jones''' is a Welsh journalist. He worked for the [[BBC]] until 2015. Heand is now the editor of the [[Bureau of Investigative Journalism]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/about-us/our-people \| title=Our People }}</ref> Former ''[[Newsnight]]'' presenter [[Jeremy Paxman]] described Jones as "a dogged journalist with that obsessional, slightly nutty commitment that marks out all successful investigative reporters".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Paxman \|first1=Jeremy \|title=The rumours about Jimmy Savile had been around for years \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jeremy-paxman-the-rumours-about-saviles-appetite-for-young-flesh-had-been-around-for-years-6fc9hjvsp \|access-date=7 September 2022 \|work=The Times \|date=26 September 2016}}</ref> Jones has investigated many subjects, including the alleged fixing of the [[2000 United States presidential election\|US presidential election in 2000]], toxic waste dumping in Africa, how Britain helped Israel’s nuclear weapons programme, market-rigging by multinationals, bogus bomb detectors, tsunami aid,<ref>{{cite news\|last=Jones \|first=Meirion \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6193737.stm \|title=Programmes \| Newsnight Home \| Tsunami funds languish in banks \|publisher=BBC News \|date=19 December 2006 \|access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> terror and security,<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1936419/Foreign-criminals-work-at-airports-unchecked.html \|title=Foreign criminals work at airports unchecked \|publisher=Telegraph \|date= 8 May 2008\|access-date=7 March 2013 \|location=London \|first1=Christopher \|last1=Hope \|first2=David \|last2=Millward}}</ref> political scandals,<ref>{{cite news\|author=George Jones 27 October 2005 \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1501566/Blunkett-in-new-row-over-sons-shares-in-DNA-testing-firm.html \|title=Blunkett in new row over sons' shares in DNA testing firm \|publisher=Telegraph \|date=27 October 2005 \|access-date=7 March 2013 \|location=London}}</ref> and financial scams.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Jones \|first=Meirion \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1535657/Undercover-actor-exposes-Aids-cure.html \|title=Undercover actor exposes 'Aids cure' \|publisher=Telegraph \|date=1 December 2006 \|access-date=7 March 2013 \|location=London}}</ref> He has written for many newspapers including ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/28/outrageous-libel-laws-protected-jimmy-savile-lawsuits \| title=Outrageous libel laws protected Jimmy Savile. At last, change is on the cards \| Meirion Jones \| website=[[TheGuardian.com]] \| date=28 April 2022 }}</ref>

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