Every day is like Sunday. (Or, how tabloid journalism continues to work.)
Friday 8th March:
Former prison officer Richard Trunkfield pleads guilty to misconduct in public office, admitting that he sold information on a "high-profile" inmate to the Sun for £3,350.
Wednesday 13th March:
The Sun publishes front page article claiming a prison officer announced over the tannoy that the "right honourable member for Wandsworth North" was to come and get his breakfast. It also claims that Chris Huhne asked to be moved to the vulnerable prisoners wing after he was "badgered by cons for cash". The paper's sources for both claims are "prison visitors".
Addendum: Carina Trimingham denies Huhne was either ridiculed on his first day in Wandsworth or that he has asked to be moved to the isolation wing.
Former prison officer Richard Trunkfield pleads guilty to misconduct in public office, admitting that he sold information on a "high-profile" inmate to the Sun for £3,350.
Wednesday 13th March:
The Sun publishes front page article claiming a prison officer announced over the tannoy that the "right honourable member for Wandsworth North" was to come and get his breakfast. It also claims that Chris Huhne asked to be moved to the vulnerable prisoners wing after he was "badgered by cons for cash". The paper's sources for both claims are "prison visitors".
Addendum: Carina Trimingham denies Huhne was either ridiculed on his first day in Wandsworth or that he has asked to be moved to the isolation wing.
Labels: Chris Huhne, how journalism works, prisons, Scum-watch, Sun-watch, tabloid analysis
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