Dawn Neesom
Daily Star reporter resigns with a stinging letter to Desmond
Richard Peppiatt is a journalist who used to write articles for Richard Desmond’s Daily Star. I say “used to write” because Mr Peppiatt handed in his resignation letter this week – and what a resignation letter it was! Addressed to Mr Desmond… Read more
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Daily Star backs away from the EDL
Remember this Daily Star front page from last week?The article, which dubiously claimed that the English Defence League were going to become a political party, could not have been more sympathetic towards the far-right group.Not only was it entirely… Read more
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Daily Star and the EDL – the plot thickens
Following years of printing Muslim-baiting articles, the Daily Star this week threw its support behind the English Defence League (EDL). On Wednesday, they ran an uncritical and sympathetic front page story about how the EDL might form a… Read more
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Is the Star backing the EDL?
There’s an interesting piece in today’s Independent that asks: The question is prompted by the front page of yesterday’s Daily Star, which ran a story claiming that the English Defence League wanted to become a political party: As I… Read more
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Daily Star finds a new kind of pregnancy test
If I edited a newspaper, I’d make it a matter of course to ensure that whatever story was put on the front page was as iron-clad and as close to the truth as possible. Dawn Neesom, editor of Richard Desmond’s rogue newspaper, the Daily Star, has… Read more
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