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143:. The report included scenes of the crew members giving instructions related to the launch of the missile, and included a sequence in which a crew member pressed a large red button marked with the word "FIRE", accompanied by a sequence of a missile breaking the surface of the water and launching into the air. The report was a fabrication, with the crew acting along for the benefit of the cameras. The Sky News team did not accompany the submarine when it left port, and the scenes were actually recorded whilst the vessel was docked. The shot of the missile breaking the surface had been obtained from 235:, DIICOT) quickly arrested the alleged gun traffickers from the TV report; it concluded that they were authorized hunters and the rifles seen in the report were also registered semi-automatic weapons. Sky News and Stuart Ramsay stuck to the original story, claiming the footage was real and that the gun traffickers did operate near the Romanian-Ukrainian border. All the individuals involved in the filming of the TV report, including Ramsay, are now under investigation by DIICOT. 23: 356:
reported allegations covering a period of fifty years, including 214 alleged acts by Savile which, though uncorroborated, have been formally recorded as crimes, some involving children as young as eight. The report states "within the recorded crimes there are 126 indecent acts and 34 rape/penetration
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during the 21st century, both in printed publications and in broadcast media. The publicised scandals include faking information, and suppressing information, as well as gaining illegal access to private data. As in many other countries, some British media have been accused of trying to inflate the
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report was scheduled for broadcast on BBC on 7 December 2011, but a decision was taken to cancel its transmission, which ultimately developed into a major crisis for the BBC when the ITV documentary was screened in October 2012. The subsequent Pollard Review found that Jones and MacKean assembled
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Reuters "killed" the 'photograph' and admitted that the photographer had altered it, saying "photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvenience." Moira Whittle, Reuters' Head of PR, said: "Reuters
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The resulting public outcry led to several high-profile resignations. Advertiser boycotts led to the News of the World being shuttered, publishing its final edition on 10 July 2011, after 168 years of publication. News Corporation was also to cancel its proposed takeover of the British satellite
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Generally, the people and organisations involved have not been severely penalised by the British government, with only a few people serving short prison sentences. The British government did initiate the Leveson Inquiry into the conduct of the British media, but subsequent governments did not
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Sky News's Chief Correspondent, Stuart Ramsay, was accused by the Romanian authorities of faking a TV report in which alleged gun traffickers were filmed near the Romanian-Ukrainian border saying that they were willing to sell weapons to the highest bidder, including terrorists. The Romanian
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s Matt Wells speculated on the fake's long-term effects on Sky News's credibility. In October 2003, Forlong was found dead by his wife, having committed suicide. In December, Sky News was fined £50,000 by the
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photographer Adnan Hajj in August 2006, after it was exposed that several high-profile photographs had been altered heavily in
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spokesman said, "Any suggestion that a story was dropped for anything other than editorial reasons is completely untrue."
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began to investigate reports that he had sexually abused children. They found evidence to support the allegations. The
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With the explosion of digital media on the Internet, the monitoring and policing of media has become more complex.
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film crew did accompany the vessel to sea. The BBC crew filmed a real cruise missile launch for the BBC TV series
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takes such matters extremely seriously as it is strictly against company editorial policy to alter pictures."
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were convicted in 2005 for buying, tipping and then selling shares between 1999 and 2000, breaching the
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In September and October 2012, almost a year after his death, claims were widely publicised that
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click. Following the BBC's accusations, Forlong and his producer were suspended; the next day,
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girls and boys to adults. The investigations undertaken jointly by the police and the
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in response to the latest scandals and to value great contributions to journalism.
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In 2006, a UK tabloid newspaper phone-hacking scandal arose involving the defunct
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Direcţia de Investigare a Infracţiunilor de Criminalitate Organizată şi Terorism
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TV network carried a report from James Forlong aboard the British nuclear
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implemented all the recommendations of the long running public inquiry.
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In 2012, the British Journalism Awards was created by UK media magazine
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reported that Forlong had resigned following an internal investigation.
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cogent evidence that Savile had a history of abusing young women, and
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Two financial journalists working on the City Slickers section of the
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had committed sexual abuse, his alleged victims ranging from
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Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism
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National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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criticized the TV report, claiming it to be inadmissible.
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journalism
Daily Mirror
Financial Services Act
Piers Morgan
Sky News
submarine
HMS Splendid
cruise missile
Persian Gulf
Iraq War
stock footage
BBC
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The Guardian
Independent Television Commission
Reuters
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
freelance
Adobe Photoshop
Adnan Hajj photographs controversy
bombing
Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism
Dacian Cioloș
News of the World phone hacking scandal
News of the World
News International
News Corp

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