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| Sun removes inaccurate article claiming Sheffield estate 'worst in Britain' | Sun removes inaccurate article claiming Sheffield estate 'worst in Britain' |
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| The Sun has taken down an article claiming that a Sheffield estate was about to be bulldozed as part of a regeneration programme and has disciplined the journalist who wrote it after a complaint from an MP. | The Sun has taken down an article claiming that a Sheffield estate was about to be bulldozed as part of a regeneration programme and has disciplined the journalist who wrote it after a complaint from an MP. |
| The article, published on 10 January, described Sheffield’s Manor estate as “the worst in Britain” and said it would be rebuilt as part of David Cameron’s plans to tackle “sink estates”. | The article, published on 10 January, described Sheffield’s Manor estate as “the worst in Britain” and said it would be rebuilt as part of David Cameron’s plans to tackle “sink estates”. |
| The headline falsely claimed that a journalist had visited Manor, and the article used out-of-date photographs and quotes from a 2007 story in the Mirror to paint a picture of the estate as rundown and dangerous. | The headline falsely claimed that a journalist had visited Manor, and the article used out-of-date photographs and quotes from a 2007 story in the Mirror to paint a picture of the estate as rundown and dangerous. |
| A Sun spokesman said: “This was an online article written by a junior and inexperienced journalist who wrongly chose to use archive information without checking recent developments on the Manor estate. | |
| “The Sun acknowledged the article was wrong and removed it as soon as the error was flagged. The journalist has been disciplined and moved off online news reporting.” | “The Sun acknowledged the article was wrong and removed it as soon as the error was flagged. The journalist has been disciplined and moved off online news reporting.” |
| The MP for Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield, who made the complaint, said: “The people who live and work in Manor completely reject the image portrayed in the Sun’s article. Manor never was ‘Britain’s worst estate’, as the Sun described it, and there’s been considerable investment in the area over recent years. | The MP for Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield, who made the complaint, said: “The people who live and work in Manor completely reject the image portrayed in the Sun’s article. Manor never was ‘Britain’s worst estate’, as the Sun described it, and there’s been considerable investment in the area over recent years. |
| “The Sun claimed that they’d visited the estate, but hadn’t. They used outdated quotes from the archives as current comments. It’s shoddy journalism and caused huge offence to a great community that deserves better. We’re simply asking the Sun to print an apology and implement proper processes to ensure it never happens again.” | “The Sun claimed that they’d visited the estate, but hadn’t. They used outdated quotes from the archives as current comments. It’s shoddy journalism and caused huge offence to a great community that deserves better. We’re simply asking the Sun to print an apology and implement proper processes to ensure it never happens again.” |
| In response to Blomfield’s comments, the Sun spokesman pointed to comments made in 1995 by the former Sheffield MP and home secretary, Roy Hattersley, describing the estate as the “worst in Britain” after an arson attack on a school. |