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Newspaper Retracts Story that Named Child Witness to Crime

by  Sydney Smith April 17, 2011 08:10 AM EST

Tags: Apologies & Retractions, Crime, Daily Record (Scotland), England, Ombudsmen/Press Councils, Reporting on Children, Scotland, Standards, The Record (UK), Unpublishing

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The UK Press Complaints Commission reported that the Daily Record has retracted and unpublished an article about a shooting.

The article named a “young child” witness of the shooting, and his father sent a complaint to the PCC.  The newspaper reportedly has “investigated” how the error happened.

Tags: Apologies & Retractions, Crime, Daily Record (Scotland), England, Ombudsmen/Press Councils, Reporting on Children, Scotland, Standards, The Record (UK), Unpublishing

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