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| Mail on Sunday apology for reporter attending Miliband family memorial event | Mail on Sunday apology for reporter attending Miliband family memorial event |
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| The Mail on Sunday has "unreservedly" apologised "for a reporter intruding into a private memorial service" for Labour leader Ed Miliband's uncle. | The Mail on Sunday has "unreservedly" apologised "for a reporter intruding into a private memorial service" for Labour leader Ed Miliband's uncle. |
| Editor Geordie Greig's apology came after Mr Miliband wrote to the paper's owner asking him to "reflect on the culture of your newspapers". | Editor Geordie Greig's apology came after Mr Miliband wrote to the paper's owner asking him to "reflect on the culture of your newspapers". |
| Mr Miliband said relatives at the memorial event had been asked for views on "the Daily Mail's description of my father as someone who 'hated Britain'". | Mr Miliband said relatives at the memorial event had been asked for views on "the Daily Mail's description of my father as someone who 'hated Britain'". |
| Two journalists have been suspended. | Two journalists have been suspended. |
| In his statement Mr Greig said the reporter was sent without his knowledge and an investigation was being held into "a decision which was wrong". | In his statement Mr Greig said the reporter was sent without his knowledge and an investigation was being held into "a decision which was wrong". |
| Mr Miliband is involved in a row with the Mail on Sunday's sister paper, the Daily Mail, after it printed a profile of his late father, Marxist academic Ralph Miliband, headlined "The man who hated Britain". | Mr Miliband is involved in a row with the Mail on Sunday's sister paper, the Daily Mail, after it printed a profile of his late father, Marxist academic Ralph Miliband, headlined "The man who hated Britain". |
| In his letter to owner Lord Rothermere, the Labour leader said the memorial event for his uncle Professor Harry Keen on Wednesday, at Guy's Hospital in London, had been attended by family, close friends and colleagues. | In his letter to owner Lord Rothermere, the Labour leader said the memorial event for his uncle Professor Harry Keen on Wednesday, at Guy's Hospital in London, had been attended by family, close friends and colleagues. |
| 'Common decency' | 'Common decency' |
| But, he said, a reporter from the Mail on Sunday had attended the memorial uninvited with the intention of seeking information for publication this weekend: "My wider family, who are not in public life, feel understandably appalled and shocked that this can have happened. | But, he said, a reporter from the Mail on Sunday had attended the memorial uninvited with the intention of seeking information for publication this weekend: "My wider family, who are not in public life, feel understandably appalled and shocked that this can have happened. |
| "Sending a reporter to my late uncle's memorial crosses a line of common decency. I believe it a symptom of the culture and practices of both the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday," Mr Miliband said. | "Sending a reporter to my late uncle's memorial crosses a line of common decency. I believe it a symptom of the culture and practices of both the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday," Mr Miliband said. |
| "There are many decent people working at those newspapers and I know that many of them will be disgusted by this latest episode. But they will also recognise that what has happened to my family has happened to many others." | "There are many decent people working at those newspapers and I know that many of them will be disgusted by this latest episode. But they will also recognise that what has happened to my family has happened to many others." |
| He said he believed there was no point in complaining to the "widely discredited" Press Complaints Commission. | He said he believed there was no point in complaining to the "widely discredited" Press Complaints Commission. |
| "Instead, I am writing to you as the owners of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday because I believe it is long overdue that you reflect on the culture of your newspapers. | "Instead, I am writing to you as the owners of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday because I believe it is long overdue that you reflect on the culture of your newspapers. |
| "The reaction of many people to the Daily Mail's attacks on my father this week demonstrates that the way your newspapers have behaved does not reflect the real character of our country." | "The reaction of many people to the Daily Mail's attacks on my father this week demonstrates that the way your newspapers have behaved does not reflect the real character of our country." |
| 'Calculated hysteria' | 'Calculated hysteria' |
| In his statement, the Mail on Sunday editor said: "I have already spoken personally to Ed Miliband and expressed my regret that such a terrible lapse of judgement should have taken place. | In his statement, the Mail on Sunday editor said: "I have already spoken personally to Ed Miliband and expressed my regret that such a terrible lapse of judgement should have taken place. |
| "It is completely contrary to the values and editorial standards of The Mail on Sunday. I understand that Lord Rothermere is personally writing to Ed Miliband". | "It is completely contrary to the values and editorial standards of The Mail on Sunday. I understand that Lord Rothermere is personally writing to Ed Miliband". |
| Earlier Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg had become the latest politician to back Mr Miliband, telling his weekly LBC radio phone-in show that "if anyone excels in... vilifying a lot about modern Britain, it's the Daily Mail - talk about kettles and pots". | Earlier Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg had become the latest politician to back Mr Miliband, telling his weekly LBC radio phone-in show that "if anyone excels in... vilifying a lot about modern Britain, it's the Daily Mail - talk about kettles and pots". |
| The Daily Mail has stood by its reporting of the views of Ralph Miliband, who died in 1994. | The Daily Mail has stood by its reporting of the views of Ralph Miliband, who died in 1994. |
| In Thursday's edition, columnist Stephen Glover accuses Ed Miliband of staging a "show of calculated hysteria" for political reasons. | In Thursday's edition, columnist Stephen Glover accuses Ed Miliband of staging a "show of calculated hysteria" for political reasons. |
| "On one level, Red Ed knew that, as he has bound himself to his father in a series of speeches, he could not afford to let the accusation that Miliband senior had hated Britain go unchallenged," he wrote. | "On one level, Red Ed knew that, as he has bound himself to his father in a series of speeches, he could not afford to let the accusation that Miliband senior had hated Britain go unchallenged," he wrote. |
| "On another level, Ed Miliband realised that his diatribes against this paper would go down well with the party faithful, and possibly convince the wider electorate that he was stronger and more determined than they had thought. | "On another level, Ed Miliband realised that his diatribes against this paper would go down well with the party faithful, and possibly convince the wider electorate that he was stronger and more determined than they had thought. |
| "He may also hope that, by creating such an almighty hullabaloo about his supposedly traduced father 19 months before the general election, he will somehow neutralise a potentially embarrassing issue - the influence of his Marxist father on his own beliefs - and deter the press from returning to it in the near future." | "He may also hope that, by creating such an almighty hullabaloo about his supposedly traduced father 19 months before the general election, he will somehow neutralise a potentially embarrassing issue - the influence of his Marxist father on his own beliefs - and deter the press from returning to it in the near future." |
| Education Secretary Michael Gove has defended the Daily Mail's freedom to publish the article, saying a free press is "raucous" and would hold politicians to account and "by definition, will sometimes offend". | Education Secretary Michael Gove has defended the Daily Mail's freedom to publish the article, saying a free press is "raucous" and would hold politicians to account and "by definition, will sometimes offend". |
| Ed Miliband has said he does not share his father's ideology, but the Daily Mail has maintained it was fair to scrutinise the beliefs of his father as the Labour leader has talked of him being an influence. | Ed Miliband has said he does not share his father's ideology, but the Daily Mail has maintained it was fair to scrutinise the beliefs of his father as the Labour leader has talked of him being an influence. |
| In a right of reply in Tuesday's Daily Mail, Mr Miliband said his father "loved" Britain. | In a right of reply in Tuesday's Daily Mail, Mr Miliband said his father "loved" Britain. |
| On the same pages the paper then repeated its original article and wrote an editorial saying his father had had an "evil legacy". | On the same pages the paper then repeated its original article and wrote an editorial saying his father had had an "evil legacy". |
| The head of the Press Complaints Commission, Lord Hunt of Wirral, issued a statement saying he was "deeply concerned" to read about the uninvited journalist attending the memorial service. | |
| He added that, while he noted Mr Miliband did not intend to make a complaint, were one to be received "we would, of course" take it forward. |