By Gabriel Princewill-
The Daily Express Online has refused to correct the fabricated element of an article published on their site about Prince Harry, his wife Meghan, and Prince William.
The online publication was caught red- handed at the end of March by The Eye Of Media.Com after publishing an article with false contents about the royals. The writer of the article, Abbie LLewelyn had contacted relationship expert, Sheila Mackintosh Stewart to obtain her professional assessment of the royal couple. She eventually decided to include fabrications in the article which she attempted to present in balanced way.
The article published by the Express online went into some detail in not only deliberately misquoting the relationship expert, but in doing it in a way that would have been upsetting to all the royals mentioned in it No media outlet is ever expected to operate dubiously. The brothers were said to have “deep affection” for each other, despite rumours of a royal rift.
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The deeply problematic statement comes were Ms Mackintosh Stewart is quoted as saying that while William used to “look after” Harry when they were younger, he has grown up and doesn’t need “constant support” from him. ”This is especially because he has Meghan as his rock”, the relationship expert apparently goes on to state. The upshot of that statement can and has been construed to mean that now that Prince Harry has Meghan, he no longer needs his brother-in other words she is splitting them apart.
INVESTIGATED
We investigated the suspicious article by contacting the relationship expert, Sheila Mackintosh Stewart, to inquire the basis on which she made those comments. Ms Mackintosh categorically denied making those comments and said she had complained to the publication, but that her complaints had been ignored. Why?
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A call was subsequently made to the Express Online where we spoke with their online editor, Nicole Skinson. She referred us to their legal section. The outcome of the communication with the Daily express Online’s legal team was unsatisfactory. Their lawyer, Joseph Lewis, in turn referred us to the Independent Press regulatory Organisation (IPSO). According to their lawyer, this was ”so that everything done is ”above board”.
As discussion of the dodgy article progressed, Lewis agreed it may be worth an internal review of the article, but we were not left assured that the fictitious article will be scrapped or modified for the sake of integrity. It is not an outcome they would want, but truth is most important.
RIFT
Previous media publications had intimated that the rift between the royal brothers was due to Prince William’s displeasure that Prince Harry had failed to heed his advice not to rush the marriage to the former U.S actress. The relationship with the brothers has reportedly suffered some strain of late over Prince Harry’s wife , Meghan and reportedly over her relationship with Prince William’s own wife, Kate Middleton. Articles like the one published by the Daily Express Online appear to further deepen or publicise the wedge, or even portray Meghan as the cause of the bad blood between the royal siblings.
Sharp observers affiliated with our team believe the falsification was made to present Meghan as the primary cause of an alleged strain between the siblings, whilst attempting to perpetuate their tension. If so, the article appeared tactful in its presentation . Nevertheless, should give no cause to journalists to strain the relationship further, or even present Meghan as the cause of the rift between the two royal siblings, even if there is some connection to it.
DAILY
Daily Express Online, like many other publications, has been churning out a series of daily articles about the Duke and Dutchess of Sussex. The suspect motive being to wet the appetite of readers. The articles have featured the views of a series of experts or insiders about the couple, often providing some critical or analytical insight into the couple, whose marriage has become a subject of intense public interest.
Many of the articles published have relentlessly lamented some characteristics of the Dutchess of Sussex, conveying a laxity or shortcoming on her part in adapting to royal tradition and protocols. Other articles are merely informative or psychoanalytical. They feed the public with a lot of inside information about the royal couple, but only truthful and well contextualised accounts should be on the public forum.
Factual and fair reporting is always imperative, in the absence of which corruption and dishonour become two ugly sides of the same coin. The media shapes public opinion. Needless to say, it is destructive both to the subject of attack and society to deliberately ‘garnish’ articles with lies. Such falsehoods undermines the credibility of the offending news outlet even where such transgressions may be not representative of their publication.
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