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Host Host | 09:36 UK time, Friday, 13 July 2007

All papers: 91¸£ÀûÉç apologises to the Queen over promotional clips apparently showing her angry with photographer Annie Liebovitz. ()

Times: Andrew Marr told to stop writing a column for the Daily Telegraph. ()

Express: Frederick Forsyth claims 91¸£ÀûÉç News is "dominated by a claque of hard-Left, anti-British republicans". ()


Comments

  • 1.
  • At 11:12 AM on 13 Jul 2007,
  • Brian Lill wrote:

Typical of the world we live in. No one is held responsible for any errors or mistakes. politicians, those individuals of the media etc, never 'fall on the sword.' Do you wonder why we no longer trust the Politicians and media. No integrity. Responsibilty appears to be just a word in the dictionary, It's meaning,????!

  • 2.
  • At 11:34 AM on 13 Jul 2007,
  • Peter Lawley wrote:

Re. the "Queen" story yesterday.
Throughout all the coverage on News 24, bulletins, Newsnight etc., with repeated showings of the alleded "strop", I'm surprised that no one commented on the fact that Her Majesty was INDEED having a strop. It's obvious that she was already fed up BEFORE the photo session, and note especially her flat-hands-down dismissal of any more messing about as she strides to her appointment with the photographer.
It's still a great coup, even if the edit was incorrect.It's not the 91¸£ÀûÉç who should apologise, it's the crew at RDF who should grovel - though I guess Marchant is correct when he says they should have checked the accuracy of the edit and the actuality of the story line.
So the real stroy is - Yes, her Madge is having a strop, but not necessarily in the order we described it. Shades of "all the right notes, sunshine, but not necessarily in the right order" (Morcambe & Wise & Andre Previn - still the funniest piece of television - EVER !)

  • 3.
  • At 03:19 PM on 13 Jul 2007,
  • J Westermanj wrote:

Everyone who is not hard-right is hard- left of the EXPRESS so, in a way, Frederick Forsyth has a point.

  • 4.
  • At 03:23 PM on 13 Jul 2007,
  • James Millar wrote:

When a story makes the 91¸£ÀûÉç news, this is where any response should be broadcast.
So when the 91¸£ÀûÉç is found out deceiving and cheating the audience, the 91¸£ÀûÉç news is where the 91¸£ÀûÉç apology should appear, if merited.
So where was the Director General apologising on screen to the Queen and licence-payer for mistakes? why was the 91¸£ÀûÉç 'apology' anonymous and unattributed? Isn't the Queen important enough?
Former US President Truman displayed a notice on his desk: 'The buck stops here'. The 91¸£ÀûÉç Director General should be as courageous and not hide away from the 91¸£ÀûÉç audience and public.

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