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Old 10-03-2019, 12:10 PM #1
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Default Should people are suspected of a crime (but not charged ) be named in the media?

Cliff Richard has spoken out on this recently after his issues with the BBC naming him in connection with Operation Yewtree although he was never arrested or charged as the argument is that mud sticks regardless of if the person is innocent. There's also been other examples of this outside of the realm of sexual abuse with the couple falsely named as being responsible for the drone disruption at Heathrow and, a fair few years back now, there was that murder case in which the media pretty much tried and convicted someone for it in the press who had nothing to do with it, I think ITV made a drama about it a year or two ago. Plus you have that example from ages ago when the Sun published a list of names of peadophiles and they messed up on one of the names and named a paediatrician instead.

I'm of the belief that, unless someone's been arrested then their names should be kept out of the press, once an arrest is made, however, it's fair game.
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