19-03-2008, 16:20
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Apprentice Geriatric
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Re: Should have the McCanns have recieved the libel payout??
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Originally Posted by panther
The parents of Madeleine McCann have accepted £550,000 in libel damages over "utterly false and defamatory" claims that they were responsible for her death
do you think they should have received this?
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In a word YES! It should have been ten times that amount for EACH newspaper.
Newspapers and the tabloids in particular are far too fond of presenting supposition as fact and it is high time they were brought to heel.
But the real villains of the piece are the general public who buy the newspapers. |
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