He said the Press Complaints Commission, an industry-created group that can criticize but has no disciplinary power, " is but a minor irritant to the bully-boys of the gutter press ."
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He said the British government is aware that the Press Complaints Commission, a watchdog with no power, " is but a minor irritant to the bully-boys of the gutter press " and can't regulate or deter unacceptable practices.
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To briefly mention a strongly believed / but false allogation would merely gives the false accusation UNDUE WEIGHT and open to interpretation ( espicially considering the exposure the accusations had on prime time TV and the Gutter Press / Gossip Mag / internet circus that followed ) if its not covered and supported by verifiable evidence.
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Kerkeling's comment on the ensuing fuss ( mostly in the gutter press ) was that while anyone of a more sensitive nature than him would probably have climbed into the bath with a hairdryer, he could not see the point : they would be dragging another poor soul through the dirt the next day anyway.
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To briefly mention a strongly believed / but false allogation would merely gives the false accusation and rumours undue weight, making them a viable belief option ( espicially considering the exposure the accusations had on prime time TV and the Gutter Press / Gossip Mag / internet circus that followed ) if the section is not fully covered with and supported by verifiable evidence.
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All that stuff is history, from her point of view, and she says she'll respond with a firm, polite refusal if that's where the gutter press wants to dig these days . " The salacious, dirty stories, the sex and drugs, " she says, " I don't like those things.
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The transparent effort to conceal this vicious and substantially mendacious partisan political diatribe as an innocent humanitarian appeal has no place in any serious publication, let alone a professional medical journal, and would disgrace even the lowest of the gutter press . In addition, Pepys accused Horton personally saying that Horton s behavior in this case is consistent with his longstanding and wholly inappropriate use of The Lancet as a vehicle for his own extreme political views.
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The transparent effort to conceal this vicious and substantially mendacious partisan political diatribe as an innocent humanitarian appeal has no place in any serious publication, let alone a professional medical journal, and would disgrace even the lowest of the gutter press . In addition, Pepys accuses Horton personally saying that Horton s behavior in this case is consistent with his longstanding and wholly inappropriate use of " The Lancet " as a vehicle for his own extreme political views.
