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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ella Creamer

Salem witch trials help explain why Faithfuls fail to spot real Traitors, says David Olusoga

David Olusoga.
Broadcaster and historian David Olusoga: ‘We didn’t make great defence cases, we didn’t stand up and go, “This is ridiculous, can’t you see? I’m obviously a Faithful”.’ Photograph: Karen Robinson/The Observer

History might explain why Faithfuls find it so difficult to root out Traitors in the hit BBC show, suggests one member of the Celebrity Traitors cohort, who were record-breakingly bad at the game.

The roundtable – where contestants discuss who should be cast out – was somewhat “frightening” because of the “velocity in which something goes from a suspicion to belief, to faith, to condemnation”, said the broadcaster and historian David Olusoga.

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