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AustralianPapers Apologise for Nude Pictures Hoax

March 23, 2009

(Guardian blog) Papers owned by News Ltd, the Australian branch of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, have apologised to a female politician for falsely claiming that she was the person shown in nude pictures they published.
The editors of the Sydney Sunday Telegraph and the Melbourne Sunday Herald Sun admitted they been hoaxed and that the images were not of Pauline Hanson, the controversial right-wing Queensland politician.

Author: Roy Greenslade

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/mar/23/australia-rupert-murdoch
(Sources ABC/BBC)

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