The Sun has apologised to Labour MP Tom Watson in the high court today and agreed to pay substantial damages after it ran articles earlier this year claiming he was involved in a plot to smear the Conservatives.
Lawyers for Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, said today that the paper accepted the stories were untrue. The Sun has agreed to pay Watson's legal costs and "a substantial sum" in damages.
Watson, a former minister who serves on the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, was not in court today, but his solicitors, Carter-Ruck, confirmed the settlement.
Those words come from the Guardian because you won't find anything about it in the Sun as...
It is understood that the paper has not agreed to print an apology, however. News International, the Sun's parent company, was not immediately available for comment.
Not available for immediate comment? Maybe we'll hear something in a day or two then...
via TabloidWatch
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They HATE saying sorry don't they and it keeps the myth going that they are right to their readers.
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