This link came my way via the MediaGuardian website. This is basically a lesson on how not to write for a local paper and would make a great case study for those would-be journalists interested in libel law and not to settle your personal animosities using a newspaper column.
The background of this is that Leader of the Isle of Wight council David Pugh, a single man, takes out a fellow single lady from the pensions office as his "date" at the Council Ball. Unfortunately, said lady can't hold her booze makes a show of herself and causes a major confloption, of which said council leader is completely unaware. However, the reporting of this evening is neither delicately handled nor sits within the realms of journalism. Meanwhile, her ex-husband is skulking in the shadows armed with a video camera and viddies the drunken lady outside the venue and posts it on YouTube. Creepy stalker type behaviour alert!!!
This is a tittle-tattle piece written by someone with issues and proves, without a shadow of a doubt, that you do need an office full of sub-editors working on the local press, because whoever owns the Isle of Wight gazette is probably having kittens now. I hope Mr Pugh has an expensive lawyer. We've all had too much too drink and acted daft, or been around someone who makes a show of themselves under the influence - thankfully, a guttersnipe reporter hasn't been around to stitch us up.
It certainly doesn't make you want to visit the Isle of Wight in a hurry! Pass it on...
Epic journalsim fail.