Today's Daily Star front page lead claims to be another 'exclusive':
It's a ridiculous, completely misleading headline, designed to sell papers using sex and titillation. The article was written by Jerry 'GTA: Rothbury' Lawton and it is yet another 'story' based on what someone has posted on Twitter.
But here's what Imogen Thomas actually posted on Twitter two days ago (that's some 'exclusive'):
(SSEA refers to Swansea, the football team recently promoted to the Premier League)
So, not what the front page claims at all. Instead, a jokey remark on Twitter is deliberately misrepresented as it is splashed all over the front page of the fourth best-selling daily paper in the country.
(Hat-tip to Jonathan)
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
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'Celebrity' really ought to come with a caution: "What ever you say may be taken down, twisted round, distorted and used to sell newspapers."
ReplyDeleteAnother story about a Man United player and unfairness. It's unusual that the deliberately misled person isn't a referee giving Giggs a penalty.
ReplyDeleteCould a newspaper be sued under the Trades Descriptions Act for fraudulently claiming a story to be "exclusive"?
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