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July 6, 2009

Will Martin Townsend sack Derek Lambie?

Earlier this year, the Scottish edition of the Sunday Express newspaper published a front page article, "Anniversary Shame of Dunblane Survivors" (detail). It was penned by Paul Murray working under Scottish title editor, Derek Lambie. Lambie himself works under Sunday Express editor Martin Townsend (detail).

At one stage Townsend asked me to get in touch if I was in any way dissatisfied with Lambie's attempts to resolve the matter. I have cause to doubt Martin Townsend's sincerity, as I did just as he suggested after Lambie initially resisted widespread demands for an apology before publishing this self-serving tosh... and Townsend ignored my email!

Now, the PCC has ruled on this matter and stated quite plainly that; "the breach of the Code was so serious that no apology could remedy it" (source).

Express owner Richard Desmond (also in the news today) already has a reputation as a rogue publisher with scant regard for the PCC, so will Martin Townsend be shrugging this off as well... or will he be sacking Derek Lambie with immediate effect?

Posted by Manic on July 6, 2009 12:11 PM in the category Old Media

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