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Originally Posted by Matt D
The front-page headline on today's Daily Mirror is "JO SUSPECT IS PEEPING TOM". I haven't seen what the other papers say, the Mirror was all that was left when I was in ASDA [and no, I didn't buy it!].
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Newspaper legal training obviously isn't what it used to be. Either that, or the current generation of editors have decided if they all push the boundaries of the Contempt of Court Act together, they're more likely to get away with it.
I should also point out, as I often do in threads of this nature, that the Contempt of Court Act also applies to websites, and therefore discussion of the case on this forum, specifically any suspects, must respect that law.
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Originally Posted by Russ
It's simple - he looks a bit odd and is known for acting strange. In the eyes of the media he's guilty as sin.
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Sad but true. Newspapers are more interested in a compelling narrative than in relating facts. In this case, a pretty young woman has been murdered, and the man currently in the frame is a wild-haired nutty professor. Just what the papers love.
It's worth remembering at this point that the media started making insinuations about Kate and Gerry McCann as the case dragged on and nobody was arrested over their daughter's disappearance. In the absence of any other developments, and with wall-to-wall coverage now
de rigueur thanks to 24-hour news TV, the standard narrative all but demanded that the parents be responsible. A number of senior newsmen who should have known better allowed themselves to be suckered by that narrative and in the end it cost the industry a lot of embarrassment and a lot of money.