Richard James Out-Of-Office Shows CEN Japanese Engineer Video Alert Reaching BuzzFeed UK News Editor

This 5 April 2015 out-of-office reply records BuzzFeed UK news editor Richard James receiving a CEN video email headed “VIDEO: Memorial For Jap Engineer Who Committed Suicide”, while stating that he was away until 6 April and giving senior BuzzFeed UK contacts Robert Colvile and Luke Lewis for urgent inquiries. The document is significant because it confirms another CEN editorial alert reaching James shortly before BuzzFeed published its later allegations about CEN. In the wider evidence chain, it should be read alongside the 21 March 2015 Richard James out-of-office reply for the CEN Saudi housemaid picture story, the 4 April 2015 reply for the Mexico City plane story, the March 2014 request to add James to CEN alerts, and his February 2015 request to be removed from the mailing list. Together, these records show that CEN material was reaching BuzzFeed’s editorial operation over an extended period while the later investigation was developing, and that James was not an outsider to CEN material, having previously worked with it while at Metro before taking a UK news editor role at BuzzFeed.

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Part of Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – CEN Case Documents

europe Media newsX Community Interest Company Published 3 May 2026 at 13:43 Source: 16 July 2016