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Mail on Sunday and Daily Star Sunday fight over Pippa Middleton
What is it about property buying that gets the Daily Star titles so excited? On Wednesday, the Daily Star called Imogen’s visit to the estate agent a “sexy girlie romp”. And today, the Daily Star Sunday is leading with the “news” that Pippa… Read more
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Should we really have to force newspapers to stop smearing innocent people?
According to the Press Gazette: Parliament might be asked to ban the media from identifying people arrested by police in criminal investigations until after they have been charged, the Attorney General warned yesterday. They add: The… Read more
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Chris Jefferies and a loss of faith in the morality of the British press
The media’s coverage of the investigation into Joanna Yeates’ murder has been distasteful, to say the least. As Greg Reardon, Miss Yeates’ boyfriend, has said in a statement released yesterday: Jo’s life was cut short tragically but the… Read more
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An absolutely vital revelation from the Daily Star…
The following is the full text from an article by the Daily Star on Joanna Yeates, the woman whose body was discovered near her flat on Christmas Day. The article is only available via the Daily Star’s iPhone app and cannot be found on their… Read more
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Sevilla Prosecutor’s Office versus the Daily Mail
You may remember that on Saturday, the Mail was very happy indeed to bring us exclusive photos of a ten-year-old Romanian girl who had a child with her 13-year-old cousin.The article was the latest in the Victorian-freakshow-style approach to… Read more
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The Daily Mail – rooting around in the dustbins for news
The following is a press release issued by the Fire Brigades Union, which has been the subject of much press attention of late:Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack revealed today that newspaper reporters have been pestering his ex-wife… Read more
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A catalogue of dirty tricks
The Press Complaints Commission website currently lists the resolutions of three complaints, all published today, that are rather striking in their similarity. See if you can work out what each one has in common: A man v Daily… Read more
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