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ACTOR GEORGE CLOONEY has rejected an apology from the Mail Online after the website ran a factually inaccurate story about his fiancée’s mother.
“There is one constant when a person or company is caught doing something wrong. The coverup is always worse,” Clooney wrote in an opinion piece for USA Today.
He said that the site had exposed itself as “the worst kind of tabloid” in how it had handled the mistake.
The Mail had run a story on its website earlier this week saying that Amal Alammudin’s mother opposed the forthcoming marriage between Clooney and her daughter on religious grounds.
The article cited an anonymous friend of the family, saying that Alamuddin’s mother had “been telling half of Beirut” that she was unhappy about the couple because Clooney is not a member of the Druze religious group.
Mail Online removed the article from its website after Clooney criticised it for being a “completely fabricated story” and said it had launched an investigation into the story which, it said, was supplied “in good faith” by a trusted freelancer.
In his piece today, Clooney took issue with the apology by managing editor Charles Garside who said the article was not a fabrication but was based on conversations with senior members of the Lebanese community.
“The problem is that none of that is true,” Clooney wrote.
The original story never cites that source, but instead goes out of its way to insist on four different occasions that “a family friend” spoke directly to the Mail. A “family friend” was the source. So either they were lying originally or they’re lying now.
He pointed out that the Mail had previously run a story noting that Amal Alammudin’s mother was not Druze and yet still ran the article this week.
“What separates this from all of the ridiculous things the Mail makes up is that now, by their own admission, it can be proved to be a lie. In fact, a premeditated lie,” Clooney wrote.
So I thank the Mail for its apology. Not that I would ever accept it, but because in doing so they’ve exposed themselves as the worst kind of tabloid.
One that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers and to all the publications that blindly reprint them.
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Don’t agree. The future may be in better hands with young people like these. They have at least taken some action.
Fair play to them!
He became an activist after watching 1 film twice in 1 day?
does that make me an avenger then?
I watched Debbie does Dallas 3 times in one day…
What is going to happen to me? :(
You’re gonna go blind Tal :)
Fools
at least they’re standing up for what they believe in and want to make the world a better place. It beats being silent or just moaning about.
Wonder who is providing the funding for this little venture. There’s more to this than meets the eye.
Activist’s strike again! The culture has gone mad!
Refreshing to see young people putting their energies into something positive even if it turns out to be a fruitless endeavour. They should be encouraged and applauded.
Climate change/Global warming is one of the biggest scams in the world. Its just another excuse for the elite to tax the life out of us now and for years to come. This is a pathetic story. How about exposing the hoax instead!
Would agree to a certain extent- I wouldnt say its the elite taxing the life out of us though. Its just another excuse for governments to earn tax!
I read an article recently saying that in the 1960′s there was 1,800 weather stations in the USA, By 1990 there was only 1,000, now its something like 700. The shut all the ones in hard to service areas, ie in the mountains etc, where it is colder. This is not factored in when comparing temperature avergages from the 1960′s or 1990′s to today. This may only be in the U.S that this has happened but alot of the global warming brigade use American figures…
Well thats a relief, can you show me where you heard this? I’d like some proof before I ignite an oil well In celebration.
oh dear god!
we are on the eve of destruction..anything that buys us a few more minutes is worth it
Omg this must be a late April fools joke!
Ever heard of the greenhouse effect??? More carbon in the atmosphere = warmer atmosphere
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