pcc rejects complaint over jan moir column about stephen gatelys death /

Published at 2010-02-18 00:16:12

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Commission rules that censuring 'uncomfortable' remarks would represent 'a slide towards censorship'

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The row over
Moir's Gately column: timelineThe Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint from the partner of Stephen Gately,the Boyzone singer who died suddenly in October, over an article by the Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir.
The PCC received more than 25000 complaints, or a record number,after Moir wrote about Gately's death, describing events main up to it as "sleazy" and "less than respectable".
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Source: theguardian.com