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Daily Record Unpublishes, Apologizes after PCC Complaint

By: Sydney Smith
June 03, 2012 06:15 PM EST
 
Daily Record Unpublishes, Apologizes after PCC Complaint
 
(Credit: Daily Record, screenshot)
 

The UK Daily Record unpublished an article about a woman named Mary Reid after her lawyers filed an accuracy complaint to the UK Press Complaints Commission.

The article's headline inaccurately indicated that she had "denied being a Gypsy" and also "bore no relation to the story reported," the PCC reported her complaint read.

The Record took down its report, apologized to Reid  and published a correction that reads:

"On 31 January, as part of an article concerning the pending court case against Mary Reid over the filling in of a census form, we incorrectly stated that she had denied being a Gypsy. In fact, Mary Reid is a Gypsy and is extremely proud of her heritage. At no time has she said that she is not a Gypsy. We offer her our apologies for this error."

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