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5 scathing reactions to this announcement of June Whitfield’s death a full year late

Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson demonstrated her complete inability to follow even the most basic investigation when she went viral for smearing the family whose young child was photographed sleeping on a hospital floor.

On Monday evening, she followed that up with this major scoop.

June was a beloved actress, so we can see why someone might be moved by her loss. In fact, there was only one real problem with it …

So, the lovely June trended on her anniversary, but mostly because of people ripping Allison Pearson’s apparently non-existent journalistic skills and just generally taking the piss.

These five were beautifully scathing.

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As @KateofTarragon noted,

Anyway, has anyone heard how Tony Hart is these days?

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This thread about how fake news spreads on social media is fascinating and depressing

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