Sunday, May 27, 2007

Pixie dusted

There's coverage of Pixie Geldof's suspension from school following drinking escapades, padded out with photos lifted from facebook. They add in some lurid detail - "Bacardi Breezers", "caught smoking".

We're not entirely sure how this squares with the Press Complaints Commission code of practice:

i) Young people should be free to complete their time at school without unnecessary intrusion.
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v) Editors must not use the fame, notoriety or position of a parent or guardian as sole justification for publishing details of a child’s private life.

Presumably, the News would try and argue they were running the story about an otherwise unremarkable teenager on the basis that she is the sister of Peaches rather than the daughter of Bob.

Mind you, judging by this picture of her from the NOTW website, maybe she's let her self go so badly we need this intervention.


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