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BBN Investigates, Part 3: The Mouse on the Dunkin' Donut

The mouse had remained motionless on the donut for forty-four minutes as of the reporting, according to VICE; the donut itself emerged as the investigation's key unquestioned witness.

On air: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Tonight
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPreviously on BBN Investigates: a mouse, a donut, a bakery nobody can prove, and a source Gloria promised to name tonight.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI keep my promises, Hank. The source is the one witness we never questioned, and I have questioned everyone else.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe donut.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe donut. It was there before the mouse, during the mouse, and, according to the footage, after the mouse.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, so the donut has been on camera the whole time and never once said anything. That's either innocence or media training.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a donut. It has no media training.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen who coached the mouse? Vice reports the video is forty-four minutes old, and the mouse still has not moved.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentForty-four minutes. My chart says that's a record for sitting.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKenji, put the chart up. Show Gloria what it proves.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, so the line goes up, then it goes sideways, then it stops. That's the whole thing.

  11. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm not sure what it was supposed to be.

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSideways. That is how the bakery wants us to feel.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThere is no bakery.

  14. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is exactly what a bakery would say, and I have stood in embassies with fewer exits.

  15. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHold on, I've been in the comments. Nobody is asking about the bakery. They just want the mouse to be okay.

  16. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen it is a cover story, Kenji. A wholesome one. Those are the hardest to crack.

  17. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me say this plainly, for the record. Vice posted a video of a mouse sitting on a Dunkin' donut.

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPeople watched it, shared it, and liked it. Nobody orchestrated anything. It is a mouse and a donut, and the internet did the rest.

  19. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is the official version.

  20. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the only version, Gloria. I have anchored through three blizzards, and this is the longest hour of my career.

  21. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree blizzards. Still no donut, though.

  22. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVery well. Case closed. The mouse acted alone, and the donut was an innocent bystander.

  23. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you. That is the verdict.

  24. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd the bakery?

  25. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe bakery sold a donut. A mouse sat on it.

  26. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe mouse got the best seat in the house, and it still won't call us back.

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