Re: Nicola Bulley disappearance: police find body in river
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Originally Posted by Paul
(Post 36146441)
Given thay have been making statements to TV/Press over the last 3 weeks, I dont really have much sympathy for them complaining now.
They even complained about it in .... a statement to the Press/TV.
FYI, the body has been confirmed as hers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-64708765
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Actually both Sky and ITV may be in breach of the Editors’ Code, clauses 3 and 4 (dealing with harassment and intrusion into grief, respectively). The fact that the family have spoken to the press in the past confers no obligation on them to speak in future and no right for journalists to pursue them. And, if asked not to continue pursuing and questioning, journalists must stop. There would have to be an overwhelming public interest argument to justify their continuing, which they absolutely will not be able to prove against the backdrop of a bereaved family asking for space in the hours after a body was discovered. Especially when intrusive, amateurish investigations are already a feature of this case. Sky and ITV had better hope the family are suitably mollified by the good kicking meted out on their behalf by the BBC this afternoon. |
