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Full title was actually: "Donald Trump's 'communications' platform permanently taken offline. Sad!" It got abridged to comply with BBC and HN guidelines about editorializing.

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But BBC News is totally neutral. Aren’t we glad where our taxes are going?

"Sad!" is nothing more than a Trumpesque way to follow up a statement, and BBC realised most people wouldn't get that joke, maybe.

Let's be real here. When BBC does it, there's a mocking undertone.

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