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Investors look hard at Mirror Mon 17 May, 2004 12:26 By Adam Pasick LONDON (Reuters) - Investors in publisher Trinity Mirror are still seething over the Daily Mirror's publication of faked photos of British troops abusing Iraqis, even after it sacked editor Piers Morgan on Friday. Major shareholders including ISIS Asset Management ISIS.L , U.S.-based Tweedy Browne and Deutsche Asset Management want to know what went wrong with Trinity Mirror's TNI.L system of editorial controls -- in a situation reminiscent of Lord Hutton's harsh criticism of the BBC earlier this year for errors in its reporting on Iraq. After intense...

Piers Morgan, who was sacked last night as the editor of the Daily Mirror, is in many ways an engaging figure. He has always understood the point of tabloid newspapers: that they are a bit of a laugh, a game that should not be taken too seriously. He showed that again and again in his television series Tabloid Tales, when he mocked his own paper and its rivals for their obsession with tawdry "celebrities" and their efforts to adjust the facts to fit a good headline. But Morgan waded far out of his depth when he took the decision to...

Daily Mirror Apologizes for Phony Photos 05:46 AM EST - May 15, 2004 The Associated Press LONDON The Daily Mirror newspaper published a front-page apology Saturday after photographs purportedly showing British forces abusing Iraqi prisoners turned out to be fake. "Sorry.. We were hoaxed," read the tabloid's banner headline. It was accompanied by an editorial that said the paper now believed the pictures were fakes. "The evidence against them is not strong enough to convict in a court but that is not the burden of proof the Daily Mirror demands of itself," it said. "So to you readers today we...

<p>May 15, 2004 -- The editor of the London Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan, was fired yesterday after being forced to admit that pictures the paper published of British troops allegedly abusing Iraqi prisoners were, in fact, a hoax. The paper had bought the photographs, which apparently showed unidentified British soldiers beating up and urinating on Iraqi prisoners, from two men claiming also to be soldiers.</p>

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been sacked after the newspaper conceded photos of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi were fake. In a statement the Mirror said it had fallen victim to a "calculated and malicious hoax" and that it would be "inappropriate" for Morgan to continue. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) said the Mirror had endangered British troops by running the pictures. Roger Goodman, of the QLR, said the regiment now felt "vindicated". Mr Goodman added: "It is just a great pity it has taken so long... and that so much damage has been done in the meantime." At...

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan tonight stepped down after admitting that the pictures of soldiers abusing Iraqis were a "calculated and malicious hoax". Mr Morgan left his post hours after the regiment at the centre of the controversy demanded an apology. A statement from Mirror publishers Trinity Mirror said: "The Daily Mirror published in good faith photographs which it absolutely believed were genuine images of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner. "However there is now sufficient evidence to suggest that these pictures are fakes and that the Daily Mirror has been the subject of a calculated and malicious hoax. "The...

The Daily Mirror has issued a front page apology and sacked its editor after admitting its Iraq abuse photos are fake. Piers Morgan's dismissal came as the paper "apologised unreservedly" for printing the pictures. The editor, one of the best known faces in Fleet Street, had earlier brushed away growing pressure on him to quit. But in a dramatic turn of events, the paper's board forced the 39-year-old to step down with immediate effect. A statement from the paper said: "The Daily Mirror published in good faith photographs which it absolutely believed were genuine images of British soldiers abusing an...

Editor sacked over 'hoax' pictures Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan is sacked following pressure over faked photos of soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment earlier told a press conference the Mirror had to apologise for running the pictures and endangering British troops. A statement from the Mirror said it had fallen victim to a "calculated and malicious hoax". The Mirror board said it would be "inappropriate" for Morgan to continue. Speaking to journalists on Friday morning, Morgan had been bullish, saying he would not resign. But in a news conference in Preston on Friday afternoon, the regiment...

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has stepped down following pressure to resign over faked photos of soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment earlier told a press conference the Mirror had to apologise for running the pictures and endangering British troops. A statement from the Mirror said it had fallen victim to a "calculated and malicious hoax". The Mirror board said it would be "inappropriate" for Morgan to continue.

The Government has failed to prove that the Daily Mirror's pictures of alleged Iraqi prisoner abuse are fake, the newspaper's editor said. Piers Morgan called on ministers to bring the soldiers responsible for allegedly mistreating Iraqi prisoners to book. And he rejected as "nonsense" accusations from armed forces minister Adam Ingram that he had not co-operated with the Ministry of Defence investigation into the torture claims. In a statement Mr Morgan said: "We have listened to what Mr Ingram has said today but he has still not produced incontrovertible evidence that the pictures are faked." The injunction banning details of...

Here is the text of the Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan's response to a government statement which said the tabloid's photos allegedly showing British troops abusing Iraqis were not taken in the Gulf state. ---------------------------- In the last two weeks the Daily Mirror has exposed a significant amount of serious unlawful abuse by a rogue group of British troops against Iraqi detainees. Abuse similar to allegations that the government was made aware of months ago by the Red Cross and Amnesty International, but the details and scale of which the British public would have known nothing about were it not...

So now we’re told that it doesn’t matter whether or not the Iraqi torture pictures are fakes. What’s important is that British soldiers are mistreating prisoners. And if the phoney photos have drawn attention to this greater evil, then so well and good. Yeah, right. Curious how those putting forward this argument have always been first to scream “fit-up” when police are accused of fabricating evidence against known criminals and terrorists. How many cases have collapsed because detectives have over-egged the case against villains they insisted were guilty? How many guilty men have walked free because their “confessions” have been...

The pictures which sparked claims UK soldiers abused Iraqis were staged at a British barracks by Territorial Army (TA) members, it has been reported. Sources told the Daily Telegraph the photographs were set up in a Bedford MK lorry at Kimberley TA base in Preston. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said it was likely the pictures were a hoax. The regiment accused of the abuse has demanded an apology from the Daily Mirror for publishing the images, but the paper has stood by their accuracy. The photographs appeared to show soldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment urinating on a prisoner and...

<p>U.K. Has `Indications' Iraqi Abuse Photos Are Fake (Update1) May 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said there are signs that photographs the Daily Mirror published purporting to show British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners may be fake.</p> <p>The comment casts doubt on accusations that British troops tortured Iraqis. Polls show those charges have hurt the approval rating of Prime Minister Tony Blair, who said accusations of abuse by U.K. troops are still being investigated.</p>

Military police were yesterday investigating the authenticity of a series of photographs purporting to show British soldiers torturing an Iraqi prisoner outside Basra, amid suspicions that the pictures could be an elaborate set-up. Officers from the special investigations branch began interrogating soldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment at their base in Cyprus to establish whether anyone had taken the pictures. The images show an unidentified squaddie kicking, beating and urinating on a hooded prisoner in the back of a truck. They were said to have been taken during eight hours of mistreatment after the Iraqi was arrested for stealing in...

DIANA LETTER SENSATION: 'THEY WILL TRY TO KILL ME' Oct 20 2003 WORLD EXCLUSIVE By Jane Kerr, Royal reporter   PRINCESS DIANA claimed there was a plot to kill her in a car crash in a handwritten letter only 10 months before she died. She gave it to her butler Paul Burrell with orders that he should keep it as "insurance" for the future.The princess predicted: “This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous.” She said "XXXXXXXXXXX is planning ‘an accident’ in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for...

Sport, sex and celebrity puts Mirror back on trackCiar ByrneMonday April 28, 2003 The Guardian Daily Mirror: first good news for paper since sales fell below 2m earlier this month  More jaw jaw and less war war appears to be the way forward for the Daily Mirror, after a week of "light touch" front page stories gave the tabloid a much-needed circulation boost.A triple whammy of sport, sex and celebrity saw the Mirror put on 31,000 extra sales last Tuesday, according to unofficial industry estimates.It is the first piece of good news for the newspaper since its circulation crashed through...

Appeals have been launched in response to public demand to help an Iraqi boy who lost both arms in a missile blast. Newspapers and a charity reported hundreds of emotional messages from the public after a picture of Ali Ismail Abbas was published. The 12-year-old lost both arms and was badly burned when a missile destroyed his family's shack, killing his parents and eight relatives. He is being treated in north Baghdad's al-Kindi hospital, which is under severe pressure from casualties and only has access to rudimentary medicines. Doctors believe that time could be running out for the youngster, whose...

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has admitted the paper's resolutely anti-war stance could lead to sales falling below 2 million for the first time in over 70 years. Industry estimates suggest the Mirror recorded an average circulation of 1.989 million in the week the war began and 1.984 million last week, during which it ran a series of front pages condemning the conflict. The official ABCs for March are not out until Friday but if confirmed the dip below the 2m barrier will come as a psychological blow for the paper, which has been ploughing a new furrow as a...

HOME OF THE FREE: ARNETT JOINS MIRRORTHE reporter sacked by American TV for telling the truth about the war is joining the Daily Mirror.Veteran newsman Peter Arnett was axed by NBC yesterday accused of being a Saddam stooge. He told state-run Iraqi TV the conflict was not going to plan because of fierce resistance and said his Baghdad reports "help those who oppose war".He joins the Mirror on the day it was revealed that 8,700 bombs have rained down on Iraq in 12 days, including 3,000 missiles over the weekend.After his sacking, Pulitzer Prize winner Arnett said: "I report...