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June 22, 2018

Huddersfield Daily Examiner breached accuracy code with ‘bomb boffin’ headline, IPSO rules

By PA Media Lawyer

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner breached accuracy standards when it published a misleading headline in a court story about a scientist who admitted making explosive substances, the Independent Press Standards Organisation has found.

It ordered the newspaper to publish standalone corrections online and in print as it upheld a complaint by David Taylor that the newspaper had breached Clause 1 (accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice with a front-page story headlined: “Boffin, 71, made bombs for hobby”, published on 22 November last year.

The report described a court hearing in which Taylor had pleaded guilty to two counts of making explosive substances.

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