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Propagating a Myth II
have just found out that the BBC has published a similar article in covering the Verna Bryant law suit. The paragraphs look so similar that I suspect they are simply quoting the same inaccurate source without doing any background research themselves. Anyway I sent the following email to the BBC:
Dear Sir,
Friday’s online edition of BBC news contains an article on Verna Bryant. Verna Bryant is suing the Home Office for failing to protect her daughter who was murdered by a serial sex attacker released on licence from a life sentence.
The third paragraph of this article states:
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The Usual Suspects
Today will see the release of the report on the murder of Naomi Bryant. The man who killed her last year, Anthony Rice, was a violent, serial sex attacker who had been released from jail on licence nine months earlier.
The BBC tells us that “Chief Inspector of Probation Andrew Bridges is expected to say that plans for supervising Rice were sidetracked. This was because of concern for Rice’s human rights.”
Further down the article the BBC says “The report is expected to criticise the system for assessing the risk posed by dangerous prisoners before their release and how they are managed in the community.”
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So it Starts
It was with great sadness but no surprise that I found the following post on the excellent World Weary Detective today.
On Friday 3rd March 2006, the Management Board of the Metropolitan Police Service issued the following statement to all members of staff:
‘Recently the organisation has become aware of a series of web-logs or blogs – where authors – claiming to be police officers – have offered their views on a number of issues in a highly personalised, often controversial manner.’
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